Does water float?
2006-11-21 12:47:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
On what? Water? Clarify--you're too vague by trying to be creative.
Oil floats on water.
2006-11-21 12:50:36 · answer #1 · answered by FaZizzle 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It floats on top of any liquid that has a higher density. Also, water density changes with temperature. Warm water floats on cold water.
2006-11-21 20:52:30 · answer #2 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Things sink or float due to their density. Ice has less density than water, thus it floats in water. Rocks have more density than water, thus they sink in water.
2006-11-21 20:51:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. What is it in? According to Archimedes's' buoyancy principal, anything that has less density than the fluid displaced will float.
2006-11-21 20:52:17 · answer #4 · answered by Jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything can float. It is all about the form of the substance and its displacement of the substance it is floating on. Or you can choose the easy answer "ICE".
2006-11-22 00:21:13 · answer #5 · answered by sto_243 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ice floats on water, so yes
2006-11-21 21:00:05 · answer #6 · answered by jon h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
float on what??? mercury or any fluid with a higher density, yes
oil or any fluids with a lower density, no
2006-11-22 05:16:24 · answer #7 · answered by some guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes if you put it together with a fluid with a greater density than water or any fluid which has a specific gravity greater than 1
2006-11-21 21:58:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
on what?! if the desnity is less than the water then no. if the water's density is less than the other liquid than of course
2006-11-21 21:00:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on what you put it on top of
2006-11-21 20:50:43 · answer #10 · answered by martin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋