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Why do icebergs float?

Important Questions on Fluids

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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 helium filled balloon moves upwards when released. This is because
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How does buoyant force help in making objects appear lighter in fluids?
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A body of weight W is floating in a liquid. Its apparent weight will be :
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Why does a block of plastic released under water come up to the surface of the water?
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An iceberg floats in the seawater and some part of that iceberg is submerged. Find how much of the iceberg is submerged.

(Density of ice is 0.9 g cm-3, density of seawater is 1.1 g cm-3)

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Describe an experiment to show the existence of buoyant force.
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_____ is the upward thrust on an object by a fluid.

(Choose from the following: Buoyancy/ Atmospheric pressure)

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A wooden cylinder floats in water with half of its volume inside water. The density of wood is -
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A hemispherical portion of radius R is removed from the bottom of a cylinder of radius R. The volume of the remaining cylinder is V and mass M. It is suspended by a string in a liquid of density ρ, where it stays vertical. The upper surface of the cylinder is at a depth h below the liquid surface. The force on the bottom of the cylinder by the liquid is

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A beaker containing water is placed on the platform of a spring balance. The balance reads 1.5 kg. A stone of mass 0.5 kg and density 500 kg m-3 is completely immersed in water without touching the walls of beaker. Now the balance reading will be -
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A mug filled with water appears lighter inside the water compared to when the mug is held in the air. Why?
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A solid sphere of volume V and density ρ floats at the interface of two immiscible liquids of densities ρ1 and ρ2 respectively. If ρ1<ρ<ρ2, then the ratio of volume of the parts of the sphere in upper and lower liquid is
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In what direction does the buoyant force on an object immersed in a liquid act?
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The center of _____ is the point where the total buoyant force or upthrust due to the fluid displaced by the immersed part of the body acts.

(mass / buoyancy)

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When an object is immersed in a fluid, name the two forces acting on it.
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Which of the following balloons will go up in the air?
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The property which determines whether an object floats or sinks in water is termed as _____.
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A white line painted on the side of a ship which indicates the safe limit for loading is called _____ line.
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Two cylinders of same cross-section and length L but made of two material of densities d1 and d2 are cemented together to form a cylinder of length 2L. The combination floats in a liquid of density d with a length L2 above the surface of the liquid. If d1<d2 then -