NS2 Test Bank: NS2-M3C19 - Buoyancy

NS2 Test Bank: NS2-M3C19 - Buoyancy

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The torque produced by the product of the righting arm and the force of gravity and buoyant force acting on a vessel.

Back

Righting moment

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What force tends to right the ship as it rolls?

Back

Torque

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What happens to a balloon when it reaches an altitude where the upward buoyant force equals the downward weight?

Back

It remains suspended.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who is responsible for describing buoyant force?

Back

Archimedes

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The apparent weight of an object in water is its weight in air (true weight) ______ the buoyant force (weight of the displaced fluid).

Back

minus

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The measured weight of an object immersed in a fluid; its true weight minus the weight of the displaced fluid.

Back

Apparent weight

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Fillable water tanks used to provide additional weight to vessels. In submarines, a space between the inner and outer hulls filled with water when submerged and with air when surfaced.

Back

Ballast tanks

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