In this episode of Things Explained, we discuss how a tiny paper clip sinks in water but a cargo ship weighing 250,000 tons floats. We also explain what density, buoyancy, and a man named Archimedes have to do with this science phenomenon.
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yeet no 4
This explains buoyancy this really helped me! Thank you
this was extremely helpful for a kid as curious as me.
Good teacher
POV: You're in school
ty this helps me so much with my quiz
But if the ships are hollow, how are the deck able to support tonnes of weight?
This doesn't help. If the bowling ball was formed into a boat shape then it will float, even though it weighs the same. Why do floating things stop sinking at a certain level but sinking things keep sinking?
My final exams are going on and this thing is included it helped me a lot thanks
thanks, it really helped me with my homework, cool videos, make more