which will reach the bottom first - a liquid or frozen (solid) object and why?

Question

can of waters one frozen and one liquid

Answer 1

Looks like another variation on which falls faster a bowling ball or a feather. The answer is in a vacuum, they both fall at the same rate. the same goes for solid versus liquid. In a vacuum without other pesky factors like wind resistance, things fall at the same rate.

Basically since gravity isn't selective, everything accelerates towards the earth at the same rate. But in the atmosphere other forces effect the rate of acceleration, I'm sure you've heard of terminal velocity? That is the maximum velocity an object can reach is free fall caused by external forces (aerodynamics).

in your experiment assuming the shape and all other characteristics are identical except for their state of matter they should fall at the exact same rate.

Answer 2

you're perfect: drinks in many circumstances DO have a decrease density than solids. Water/ice is between the uncommon exceptions. Ice has a crystalline hexagonal sort that takes up extra room than water molecules do. (curiously sufficient, it extremely is the comparable reason that snowflakes are all six-sided.) Water is unquestionably its densest at 3 stages Celsius, in simple terms above the freezing element. This makes the bottoms of maximum deep bodies of clean water (e.g., the super Lakes) 3 stages all 12 months around.

Answer 3

in the exception of water and alcohols, most solids will drop to the bottom of their own liquid. The reason why alcohols and water float is that they tend to make cristals with hydrogen links wich make the solid expand. and since for the same weight you have a bigger volume, your density is reduce. a lower density floats on a bigger one.

Answer 4

Just a guess but i'd say liquid, frozen oblects would have air pockets or bubbles in them?

Answer 5

it would depend of which substances we were using.