2006-11-04 16:42:30 · 9 answers · asked by renee b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Yes
2006-11-04 16:49:59 · answer #1 · answered by lightningviper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Salty water is more dense, and the surface tension is greater as well, therefore any object will float more easily. It is kind of like comparing sitting a brick on foam or wood.
2006-11-04 16:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by boomer sooner 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Because the density of the ocean water is higher than fresh water, since it contains salt, which increase the density of the water.
2006-11-04 17:27:35 · answer #3 · answered by Tim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Archimedes principle. Salt water is denser than fresh water, so a smaller volume of salt water must be displaced to create equal buoyancy. The effect is relatively small, about 2.7%.
2006-11-04 17:55:52 · answer #4 · answered by d/dx+d/dy+d/dz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ready to use your imagination? I mean trying to imagine things that couldn't happen in real life? Ok. Here goes. Imagine that it was possible to carve out a perfect statue of you in water. Not ice but water. Now, lets say we weighed the statue and recorded the weight. Important scientific principle coming up. When you dive in the water and are completely submerged, your weight is reduced by the weight of that "water statue" of you. Thats why you feel lighter when you are underwater and feel heavier when you climb out of the pool. Now. Salt water is denser than pure water. This means that a chunk of salt water would weigh more than an equal sized chunk of pure water. So a "statue" of you carved out of salt water would weigh more than one carved out of pure water. If you dived into a pool of salt water your weight would be decreased by the weight of the heavier salt water statue, you would be even lighter than you were in pure water and you would therefore float more easily. BTW. This idea was stated about two thousand years ago by a Greek named Archimedes although he didn't use the same silly analogy or the same words. What he said was, "An object's weight in water (or other fluid) is reduced by the weight of fluid it displaces (pushes to one side)." He supposedly discovered his famous principle one day while sitting in his bath tub and immediately rushed out to tell the town about his discovery. Unfortunately, he forgot to dress first.
2006-11-04 17:47:16 · answer #5 · answered by JimWV 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Salt creates density which creates buoyancy. Fresh water is less dense, and therefore has a different density.
2006-11-04 16:45:57 · answer #6 · answered by billydeer_2000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, due to the salts in the water making it denser and therefore more buoyant
2006-11-04 16:45:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salty, as the density is altered
2006-11-04 16:44:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-11-04 17:23:37 · answer #9 · answered by mms 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋