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Review of Fluid

Properties

Density, Pressure, & Buoyancy

What is the density of water?


Ans.
1000 kg/m3 or
1 gram/cm3 or 1
gram/ml

George the whale displaces 32 m3 of


water when floating at rest underwater.
What is the Georges weight?
Ans. 320,000 N

The tip of the iceberg that is


above the water represents what
% of the total iceberg?
Ans. 10%

A cube has a density of 500


kg/m3. Will it float or sink when
placed in water?

Ans. float

A koosh displaces 5 grams


of water when submerged.
What is the volume of the
koosh?
Ans. 5 cm3

What is the volume of the cube


shown below?

0.4 m

Ans. 0.064 m3

If the cube shown below is


divided into 8 pieces of equal
volume, what is the mass of
one of the smaller cubes?
32 kg
Ans. 4 kg

A cube of density 2000 kg/m3


is divided into eight identical
smaller cubes. What is the
density of one of the smaller
cubes?
Ans. 2000 kg/m3

A cube with a density of 4000


kg/m3 is shown below. What is
the mass of this cube?
Ans. 256 kg

0.4 m

A cube with a density of 4000


kg/m3 is placed into water. Once
the cube is submerged, what will
be the buoyant force acting on it?

Ans. 640 N
0.4 m

A cube with a density of 200


kg/m3 is placed in water. Will it
float? What will be the buoyant
force acting on it?

Ans. Yes; cannot determine

What is the density of the cube


that is floating in water as shown
below?
1/3
2/3
Ans. 667 kg/m3

What is the weight of the 55 kg


man?

Ans. 550 N

If the total bottom


area of the 55 kg
mans feet is 0.03
m2, what is the
pressure at the floor
when he stands on
both feet?
Ans. 18,333 Pa

What is the
pressure at the
floor when the
man from the
previous slide
stands on one
foot?
Ans. 36,667 Pa

What is the pressure at a depth of


5 m below the surface of a lake?
Ans. 50,000 Pa

A treasure chest with a top area


of 0.5 m2 sits 20 m below the
surface of the sea. What is the
force acting on the top?
Ans. 100,000 N

What is the volume of water


displaced by the submerged
portion of the cube?
Ans. 0.0004 m3

Water level
0.04 m
0.1 m

What is the weight of the water


displaced by the submerged
portion of the cube?

Ans. 4 N

Water level
0.04 m
0.1 m

What is the weight of the cube?

Ans. 4 N

Water level
0.04 m
0.1 m

What is the density of the cube?

Ans. 400 kg/m3

Water level
0.04 m
0.1 m

A hovercraft floats on a cushion of air. If


the hovercraft weighs 300,000 N, and has
a base area of 340 m2, what is the
pressure at the base?

Ans. 882 Pa

An object that weighs 5 N in air


appears to weigh only 3 N when
lowered into water. What is the
buoyant force acting on the
object?
Ans. 2 N

An object that weighs 5 N in


air appears to weigh only 3 N
when lowered into water.
What is the volume of water it
displaces?
Ans. 200 cm3 (0.0002 kg/m3)

A 5000 N car is lifted on a


hydraulic piston of area 2000
cm2. What force is needed on
2
the connecting 20 cm piston
to do this?
Ans. 50 N

The 3000 N
elephant on a 5
m2 piston
platform is lifted
by a 0.5 N
mouse sitting
on a ______
piston plunger.

Ans. 8.3 x 10-4 m2

Ans. A

An airship is
filled with
helium gas and
two inflatable
ballast bags of
air. Which case
below shows
the flow of air
when the
airship rises?

Ans. high

For the fire


extinguisher to
work, the plunger
breaks into the
cylinder at point A.
Is the gas in the
small internal
cylinder at high or
low pressure?

water

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