Buoyancy

True or false. If something has buoyancy it is able to float.

• True
• False

The ability to float in a liquid is known as...

• sinking
• capacity
• buoyancy
• displacement

Some things that will float in water are:

• a solid clay ball and a lacrosse ball
• rocks and ceramic weights
• a textbook and a pebble
• a cork and a medicine cup

True or false. When something sinks it goes below the surface of a liquid.

• True
• False

The amount of space that can be filled is known as...

• democracy
• capacity
• displacement
• buoyancy

Objects that are able to float...

• stay on top of the water
• are all made of clay
• stay below the water
• are all made of water

The amount of cargo a boat can hold before sinking is known as...

• volume
• mass
• an experiment
• capacity

Volume is...

• when no part of an object is above the surface of a liquid
• the amount that can be held by a container
• the amount of space an object takes up
• when one object moves out of the way to make room for another

When one object moves out of the way to make room for another it is called...

• cargo
• displacement
• sinking
• floating

The more tightly packed the particles within a substance are, the _________ it is.

• denser
• displaced
• sinkable
• ceramic