Buoyancy

Question 1

What is the buoyant force of an object equal to?

Answer 1

The weight of the water that it displaces.

Question 2

What criteria must be met for an object to displace a weight of water larger than its own weight?

Answer 2

The waterline must pass the void of an object.

Question 3

The weight of an object doesn’t depend on…

Answer 3

its orientation; if we flip an object over, it would still need to displace the same amount of water in order to float.