bill nye- buoyancy

the reason things float or sink is because

water is heavy

The water displaced weighs the same as

we do

When water is pushed out of the way it is said to be

displaced

What happened to the water level in the dunk tank of science when Bill jumped in?

the water level raised

T or F: The mass of the displaced water balances the boat.

T

T or F: The volume of displaced water equals the space created by the boat in the mold.

T

The ______________________ makes a difference on if it sinks or floats.

shape

The clay boat & the ball of clay displaced the _____________ ______________ of water.

same amount

Boats that are made of stuff that sink will float if they have the right _________________.

shape

Things displace as much water as they _____________________.

weigh

things sink until they

float

the tennis ball that is cut in half floats higher in the water bc it doesn't _______ as much as the whole tennis ball

weigh

____________________ discovered he could figure how much volume objects had if he could measure the amount of water they displaced when they sank.

Archimedes

____________________ is what keeps a surfboard afloat.

buoyancy

When thrown into water, Bill _____________________.

floats

The pen cap sinks because ____________________________________________________.

air gets pushed out of the cap

A rock is _____________________ buoyant, while a piece of wood is _______________ buoyant.

negatively buoyant; positively buoyant

____ is a latin root for "somewhere in between"

neutral

A BC vest can be filled with _______ to displace more water and become more ______________.

air; buoyancy

Hot air balloons float in _____________, not water, b/c they have ___________________.

air; buoyancy

Any object will displace an amount of water that is the same as __________________.

weight