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What is an example of something that is negatively buoyant?

Important Questions on Fluids

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Two metal pieces when immersed in liquid experience equal upthrust on them, 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 having a mass 15 kg and dimensions 40cm × 30cm × 20 cm is kept on a table-top, It is made to lie on the table-top in three ways with its sides of dimensions

(a) 40 cm × 30 cm

(b) 30 cm × 20 cm

(c) 20 cm × 40 cm
 

The pressure exerted by the wooden block on the table-top will be

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Luggage porters place a round piece of cloth on their head when they have to carry heavy loads. By doing this, the area of contact between the load and head :
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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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A block floats with its fraction ηE inside water when immersed in a beaker containing water and kept on the earth. The beaker along with the block is shifted to the surface of the moon. If ηM is the fraction of the block now immersed in water, which of the following relations is correct? 
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Why are the chances of drowning in the Dead Sea very less?
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A boy weighing 60 kgf stands on platform of dimensions 2.5 cm x 0.5 cm. What pressure in pascal does he exert ?
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Give reasons: A body experiences more buoyant force on the earth than on the moon.

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Name two physical quantities that may alter upthrust.
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Sleepers are used below the rails. Explain.
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Calculate the pressure exerted on a surface of 0.5 m2 by a thrust of 100 kgf.
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The base of a container measures 15 cm×20 cm. It is placed on a table-top. If the weight of the container is 60 N, what is the pressure exerted by the container on the table-top ?  
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State whether upthrust will increase or decrease if the volume of the solid increases.

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Find the area of a body which experiences a pressure of 50000 Pa by a thrust of 100 N?
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Give reasons: It is easier to swim in the sea than in the river.

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A normal force of 200 N acts on an area of 0.02 m2. Find the pressure in pascal.
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Calculate the pressure in pascal exerted by a force of 300 N acting normally on an area of 30 cm2.
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Naveen and Paul are friends. Paul wanted to celebrate his birthday at home. He bought balloons filled with hydrogen gas from a balloon man. Naveen helped in decorating Paul's room with balloons and cards. Why balloons filled with hydrogen rise up in the air?