Bill Nye Worksheet
1. To displace water is displacing an amount of water with the objects weight.
2. The reason that the clay ball sinks is because it's shaped to make it sink.
3. Things displace as much water as they weight.
4. Archimedes was a Greek astronomer who discovered buoyancy in his bathtub.
5. Fish control their buoyancy by putting air into their bladder
2. The reason that the clay ball sinks is because it's shaped to make it sink.
3. Things displace as much water as they weight.
4. Archimedes was a Greek astronomer who discovered buoyancy in his bathtub.
5. Fish control their buoyancy by putting air into their bladder
6.
Negatively Buoyant: Sinking
Positively Buoyant: Floating
Neutrally Buoyant: In Between
7. Hot air balloons work by the hot air displacing the cold air witch makes it float up.
Negatively Buoyant: Sinking
Positively Buoyant: Floating
Neutrally Buoyant: In Between
7. Hot air balloons work by the hot air displacing the cold air witch makes it float up.