Does water float?

Answer 1

Absolutely, it can. For example, isn't water floating on the ocean floor? (Okay, crappy example, I admit.)

Anyway, it depends on what the other substance is. And in some cases, water floats on water. Frozen water floats on liquid water. Salinity also plays a role.

Consider also some shots (drinks). They are part water, and sometimes have layers--one drink floats on the other.

It's all about density.

Answer 2

No. We base floating and sinking off of water, so if water is pure it cannot float. Sure it will stay on top of a substance that is more dense than water, but it isn't because the water floats; the denser substance sinks. Water can't float.

Answer 3

have you heard of deuterium? it is also called heavy water if you had a pool of it and pored regular water into the pool the regular water would float on the deuterium. Water would also float in a pool of oil. The entire weather system depends upon the interplay and "convection" that takes place between hotten and colder bodies of water that have different densities and therefore float or sink based upon which id more dense.

Answer 4

Ice floats on top of water. When most liquids freeze, they condense and become more dense, but due to the hydrogen bonding between water molecules and the bent structure of the molecule, when water freezes, it actually expands, allowing ice to float on top of liquid water.

Answer 5

Yeh but its hard to tell if you throw it in more water. If you freeze it first then you can see it floating.

Answer 6

Ask Ted Kennedys girlfriend.

Answer 7

They all float, and when you're down here, you'll float too!

Answer 8

water floats on any form of liquid denser then itself.

Answer 9

depends on the salinity.

I think it floats on gasoline, btw.

Answer 10

depends in what. it floats in honey, but sinks in oil