Floating and Sinking

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Floating and Sinking: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as, Buoyant Force, Buoyancy, Floating and Sinking of Object etc.

Important Questions on Floating and Sinking

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How can we calculate density?

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A solid shotput is a metallic sphere of radius 4.9 cm. Find the mass of the shotput, if its density is 7.8 g/cm³.

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A measuring cylinder is filled with 50 mL of water. A solid with mass 16 kg is then lowered into the cylinder. The water level rises to 58 mL. Determine the density of the solid.

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If an iron object is immersed in water, it displaces 4 kg of water. How much is the buoyant force acting on the iron object in newton?

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Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the given codes.

  Column I   Column II
P Floatation (i) Pascal
Q Atmospheric pressure (ii) Manometer
R Pressure (iii) Buoyant force
S Liquid pressure (iv) Barometer

 

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A small metallic piece weighs 50 g and its volume is 20 cm3. It is immersed in water. Calculate the

(a) the density of the metallic piece and

(b) upthrust on the metallic piece.

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What is the density of a substance of mass 100 g and volume 10 cm3 ?

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The mass of sun is 2.0×1030 kg and its radius is 7.0×108 m. Find its mass density?

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The SI unit of upthrust is _____.

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A piece of wood is held underwater. The upthrust on it will be _____ the weight of the wood.

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An empty tin container with its mouth closed has an average density equal to that of a liquid. The container is taken 2 m below the surface of that liquid and is left there. Then the container will _____.

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The buoyancy depends on:

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A jar is filled with two non-mixing liquids 1 and 2 having densities d1 and d2, respectively. A solid ball, made of a material of density d3, is dropped in the jar. It comes to equilibrium in the position shown in the figure. Which of the following is true for d1, d2 and d3?

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A body (without air space) of mass 150 g and volume 250 cm3 is put in water. Will it float or sink.

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Two metal pieces when immersed in liquid experience equal upthrust on them, then :

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A metal sphere is dipped in water. If at 0 °C & 4 °C  the buoyancies in water are β1 and β2 respectively, then :

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The weight of the wooden block is W. The apparent weight of the body on floating water is

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A block of wood of length 20 cm and area of cross-section 5 cm2, floats in water with 25 of its length above water.

Calculate: (i) Density of wood (ii) Weight of wood (iii) Extra force required to completely submerge it in water.

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A cubical object of side 2 m and density 200 kg/m3 is floating on water. Calculate the depth of the body in meters that is immersed in water. Take density of water as 1000 kg/m3.

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An ice berg of density 900 kg m-3 is floating in water of density 1000 kg m-3. The percentage of volume of ice-cube outside the water is