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Sink and Float
5 Athena Sink and Float
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |