BUOYANC

Why do
some
objects
float,
while
other

What is
Buoyancy?

In simple terms,
buoyancy is the ability
of an object to float.

Whether or not a given

object will float is
determined by the
buoyant force on the
object.

This force is caused by

the difference between
the pressure at the top of
the object, which pushes
it downward and the
pressure at the bottom of
the object which pushes it
upward.
Because the pressure at
the bottom of the object
is always greater than the
pressure at the top, every
submerged object feels
an upward buoyant force.

HISTORY

In the third century BC,

the King of Syracuse
suspected that his gold
crown was faked by the
goldsmith. He suspected
it to be a silver gold
alloy.
By that time, Archimedes
was the great
mathematician and was
asked to test whether the
crown was fake or not.
Upon contemplating the
problem in a public bath
room wherein he
observed that the water

Archimedes
Principle of
Buoyancy
A floating object displaces a volume of fluid equal
in mass to the floating object
empty

loaded with fish

Displaced water

Objects that are more dense than water will sink.

Objects that are less dense than water will float.
Objects that are the same density as water will
neither sink nor float.
float

Neutrally
buoyant

sink

Who Needs Buoyancy?

Everyone needs
buoyancy!
If you swim, boat,
scuba dive, or float;
you need
buoyancy!!!

Buoyancy and
Swimming

Buoyancy is why most

people float. Your body
displaces water. When the
weight of the water you
displace is more than your
weight you float.
Because of buoyancy you
weigh very little in water.
You can put most of your
energy into movement
because you need very little
to carry yourself

Marine Mammals (neutral buoyancy)

And how do they achieve neutral buoyancy?

They have more fat in their bodies (fat is less
dense than water), it also helps that saltwater is
a little more dense than pure water, so the
buoyant force is a little stronger.

END
By:
Ana Louella Candawan
Athea Simborio
Herfod Latoy