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Buoyancy Vocabulary

Floating and Sinking Vocab Words

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Calibrate to check, adjust, or measure exactly; to put the measuring marks on a scale or other similar device.
triple beam balance an instrument for determining mass).
float to rest on or at the surface of a fluid.
displacement the process by which an object pushes aside the liquid in which it is placed.
gram unit of mass in the metric system.
weight a measurement of the force of gravity acting on an object.
fluid a substance that flows or takes the shape of its container; both liquids and gases are fluids.
dense packed closely together.
density mass per unit of volume of a substance; mass / volume.
mass the amount of matter in an object.
meniscus the slightly curved surface line of a fluid in a container.
submerge to put under water or another fluid.
volume the amount of space that an object takes up.
Archimedes' Principle the buoyant force acting on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid that object displaces.
pressure measure of how much force is acting over a given area
pascal unit for measuring pressure
grams unit for measuring mass
cubic centimeters unit for measuring solid volume
mililiters unit for measuring liquid volume
grams per cubic centimeter units for measuring density
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