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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Archimedes Princple? | The buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid the object displaces |
| Buoyancy | An upward force produced by fluids |
| Mass | The amount of matter that takes up an object |
| Density | The mass of an object compared to its volume |
| Volume | The amount of space occupied by an object |
| What is displaced water | water pushed out of the way as an object sinks |
| What is an anomaly | when something happens in the expirement that does not fit the hypothesis.The hypothesis could be wrong or incomplete |
| What is a System | A set of things related to eachother in some way |
| What is a Hypothesis | The predicted answer to a scientific question |
| What is a Origin | The point where horizontal and vertical axes meet |
| What is a Relationship | Connect between the varibles and their exoirement |
| What is a Ballast | Any material adden to a floating object to make it sink |