Buoyancy

Author:A P Shreelatha & Neetu Singh
9th CBSE
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Important Questions on Buoyancy

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The relative density of mercury is 13.6. What does it mean?

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What is the cause of buoyant force?

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Name the force which makes heavy objects appear light when immersed in a liquid.

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By a suitable mathematical expression, show that the buoyant force acting on a body placed in a liquid is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by the body.

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Explain the concept of floatation of bodies.

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An object of volume V is immersed in a liquid of density ρ. Calculate the magnitude of buoyant force acting on the object due to liquid.

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Why do objects float or sink, when placed on the surface of liquids?

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What is buoyant force? Describe an experiment to demonstrate the existence of this force.

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How is floatation related to the density of the solid and that of the liquid?

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A body of mass 2 kg and density 8000 kg/m3 is completely dipped in a liquid of density 800 kg/m3. Find the force of buoyancy on it.

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A metallic sphere of radius 2 cm is completely dipped in water. Find the force of buoyancy. (Take g = 10 m/s2).

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A body of mass 2 kg floats in a liquid. What is the buoyant force on the body?

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A body of volume 50 cm3 is completely immersed in water. What is the buoyant force on the body?

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Why is a bucket of water lighter when in water than when it is taken out of water?

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Why does a balloon filled with hydrogen gas rise up in air, whereas a balloon filled with air does not?

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When a piece of cork is held below the surface of water and then released, the cork immediately rises to the surface. What does this observation show?

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Why do you feel lighter when you swim?

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What is the relationship between the buoyant force on an object and the liquid displaced by it?

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What is the S.I unit of Buoyant force?

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Why does ice float on water?