| Question |
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| Answer |
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| boat |
something designed to float while carrying cargo |
| cargo |
the objects with which a boat is loaded |
| hull |
the sides and bottom of a boat |
| shape |
the form, or outline, of an object |
| material |
what something is made of |
| weight |
a measure of heavy something is |
| buoyant |
able to float |
| buoyancy |
the tendency of a body to float or rise when placed in liquid |
| capacity |
what a boat can carry without sinking |
| float |
to rest on the surface of, or be suspended in, a body of liquid |
| sink |
to fall to the bottom of a body of liquid |
| surface tension |
a measure of the force of attraction between molecules at the surface of a liquid that causes the molecules to stick together as if forming a skin |
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