the density of an object is less than water,will it float or sink in water and why?

Answer 1

Densit means mass/volume.The bodies with less density than water will float,the bodies with same density as water will just sink i.e. they will touch the surface under the water.The bodies with more density that water will sink.
Bodies having more mass and less volume will obviously have more density so they sink
Bodies havind more volme and lees mass will have less density so they float

Answer 2

It will float in water. A less dense object will float on a denser object. This is an intrinsic property of density. The denser an object is, the heavier it is per unit size. So, a dense object is too "heavy" to float on a less dense object.

Answer 3

Let's use Ice for example:

With most everything on Earth except freshwater, the colder it gets, the more dense it becomes.

So, why does ice float? Like most things that float, ice floats because it is less dense than liquid water. Ice is about 9% less dense. When ice forms, it takes up about 9% more space than it did as a liquid. Thus, a 1 liter container of ice weighs less than a 1 liter container of liquid water, and the lighter material floats to the top.

Answer 4

It will float in water if the density is less because it weighs less then water, not causing it to sink.

Answer 5

Sometimes Dave Letterman has a segment on his show called "Will it Float?" It's a great way to learn what floats and what doesn't. If the density is less than water, it'll float.

Answer 6

If the density of the object is less than water, it will float since a lesser quantity of water displaced by a part of it will be sufficient to balance its mass. So, a part of it will be submerged and a part of it will float.

Answer 7

It's a trick question. Density does not determine whether an object floats or sinks.

What determines whether an object will float is whether it displaces more than it's mass in water or not.

If an object displaces more than it's mass in water, then it will float. Mass and displacement. Never density. Otherwise ships would sink.

Answer 8

If the density is greater than the water it will sink

Why? Because density is how compacted a material is and it is defined as the mass per unit volume of a substance

So if a certain amount of the object compared to a certain amount of another object are compared in terms of density, the one with more mass in that identical size will sink

Answer 9

A object that is less dense will float. The reason for this has something to do with the space between the molecules of the object.

Answer 10

If the amount of water(weight of that water) an object displaces is more than the weight of the object it floats. Steel is more dense than water yet a steel ship can float.