Physics

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Water pressure on a submerged object is greatest against its A) top. B) bottom. C) sides. D) ... Started by audragclark	3 Replies 75 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by owenfalvey
The pressure in a liquid depends on liquid A) density. B) depth. C) both of these D) none of ... Started by ssal	1 Replies 87 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by eliasc0401
A dam is thicker at the bottom than at the top because A) water is denser at deeper levels. B) ... Started by jeatrice	1 Replies 83 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by scrocafella
As a swimmer dives deeper and deeper, strictly speaking, the volume of water displaced by the ... Started by fagboi	1 Replies 118 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by memslove
A flask brim filled with water is on a weighing scale. If you float a piece of wood in it, after ... Started by penza	3 Replies 150 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by lkanara2
Buoyant force acts upward on a submerged object because A) it acts in a direction to oppose ... Started by schs14	1 Replies 174 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by jasonq
Two life preservers have identical volumes, one filled with Styrofoam and the other filled with ... Started by Arii_bell	1 Replies 169 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by Jsherida
Buoyant force is greatest on a submerged 1-cm3 block of A) lead. B) aluminum. C) same on ... Started by SGallaher96	1 Replies 228 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by princessflame2016
A 56 kg bungee jumper jumps off a bridge and undergoes simple harmonic motion. If the period of ... Started by aabwk4	3 Replies 124 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by GCabra
The volume of water displaced by a floating 20-ton boat is A) 20 cubic meters. B) the volume of ... Started by Anajune7	1 Replies 137 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by Jordin Calloway
If one caisson of the Falkirk Wheel carries a boat loaded with Styrofoam and the other carries a ... Started by mspears3	1 Replies 131 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by connor417
The buoyant force that acts on a submerged object is equal to A) the object's weight. B) the ... Started by Davideckstein7	1 Replies 131 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by wuly
An egg is placed at the bottom of a bowl filled with water. Salt is slowly added to the water until ... Started by eruditmonkey@yahoo.com	3 Replies 202 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by bimper21
The density of a submarine cruising beneath the ocean surface has the same density as A) a crab. ... Started by Garrulous	1 Replies 159 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by SVictor
When a 5-N block of wood floats in mercury the buoyant force on it is A) less than 5 N. B) 5 N. ... Started by waynest	1 Replies 70 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by fromAlphatoOmega22
A lobster crawls onto a bathroom scale submerged on the ocean bottom. Compared to its weight above ... Started by ssal	1 Replies 82 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by Eazy416
A 1.6-kg block on a horizontal frictionless surface is attached to an ideal massless spring whose ... Started by plus1	3 Replies 209 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by Gabe
Compared with an empty ship, the same ship loaded with Styrofoam will float A) higher in the ... Started by nautica902	1 Replies 445 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by samiel-sayed
If one of the caissons of the Falkirk Wheel contained a sunken boat, resting on its bottom, and the ... Started by bb	1 Replies 125 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by milbourne11
A key feature of the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland is that opposite caissons have the same weight when ... Started by wrbasek0	1 Replies 61 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by sarajane1989
A rock suspended by a weighing scale weighs 3 N when submerged in water and 5 N out of water. What ... Started by rl	3 Replies 188 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by ms_sulzle
The pair of water-filled caissons of the Falkirk Wheel have equal weights whenever A) they carry ... Started by xclash	1 Replies 94 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by Koolkid240
An iron ball is placed in a pie pan that floats in a bucket. The water level is marked at the side ... Started by nautica902	1 Replies 121 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by jojobee318
A flat piece of iron is tightly tied against top of a wooden block. The iron-wood block floats in a ... Started by DyllonKazuo	1 Replies 333 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by kishoreddi
A 0.25 kg ideal harmonic oscillator has a total mechanical energy of 4.0 J. If the oscillation ... Started by bucstennis@aim.com	3 Replies 131 Views	Jul 29, 2018 by gasdhashg