Please tell me in detail why people are floating? Thanks..
2006-08-16 11:17:10 · 10 answers · asked by Fast Fingers 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Yes they do. It's because of the high sodium content in the water it makes our bodies more buoyant than the water and therefore, we float.
2006-08-16 11:22:44 · answer #1 · answered by Fivens 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, people do really do float in the Dead Sea.
The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth. Although it is so low, it has an unusually high atmospheric pressure. This causes the water to evaporate, but not the salt content. the Dead Sea is rapidly shrinking, but it may not ever disappear entirely.
The Dead Sea's high salt content makes the waters in there more dense than normal fresh water. Because our bodies are buoyant and we are now less dense than the sea water, we float. We just bob there. Because we are humans, we can adapt to such environments, unlike fish, who are killed almost instantly in the Dead Sea.
Most people who visit the Dead Sea just kick back and read a book. You can be in the water for a long time because it doesn't recieve a lot of UV Rays. Some people can litarly sleep in the Dead Sea, because it doesn't take any effort to keep your body up.
2006-08-16 11:38:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, people do float there. You can float in water if you're on your back or stomach anyway, but in the Dead Sea it's much easier. The reason that people are floating is because humans contain a lot of water in their bodies and the sea contains a lot of water too, but it's really the salt (Na) content of the Dead Sea that causes people to be so buoyant. You really don't have to do much to float there. It's also too salty for life form to exist there like in regular bodies of water.
2006-08-16 11:30:32 · answer #3 · answered by Shannon A 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, people do really float. The reason why they float MORE than normal is because the Dead Sea is extremely salty. This salt creates more buoyancy for us to float. At least, that is what I have always been told. . .
2006-08-16 11:24:31 · answer #4 · answered by angel_of_the_united_states 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well people can still float when they are dead even if it is not in The Dead Sea.
but since you are asking a question do people really float in the dead sea....
yes they actually do and it is because of the salt and the our body because they don't have any air in it.
2006-08-16 11:27:10 · answer #5 · answered by Ashley M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes People float in The dead sea. they float because th dead sea has high levels of salt in it
2006-08-16 11:23:27 · answer #6 · answered by Junebug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do because the salinity of the Dead Sea holds up their body weight
2006-08-16 11:22:28 · answer #7 · answered by jbradc69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think your trying us to get it literally, but i dont think so.
people are floating because of their weight
2006-08-16 11:44:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the excessive amount of salt in the dead sea makes things boyant... it is so salty that nothing can live in it.....hence the name....dead sea
2006-08-16 11:24:17 · answer #9 · answered by Mikey S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes its because the amount of salt in it can hold them up.
2006-08-16 11:23:36 · answer #10 · answered by sXe is my pledge 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋