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Fluids

Question 1
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What measures should be taken to ensure that a piece of floating iceberg has minimal environmental impact on marine life below?

Question 2
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How does increasing the salinity (saltiness) of water affect an object’s ability to float?

Question 3
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According to Archimedes' principle, what does the buoyant force on an object submerged in a fluid equal?

Question 4
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Assuming a hypothetical scenario where the density of all fluids increases uniformly, what effect would this have on a floating object's fraction submerged?

Question 5
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How does decreasing atmospheric pressure affect the reading on a scale measuring submerged objects' apparent weight in water?

Question 6
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What happens to an object's apparent weight when it is fully submerged in water?

Question 7
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How might altering Planck's constant affect quantum mechanical calculations related to predicting pressure exerted by fluids at nanoscale depths?

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Question 8
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If sound speed is universally halved while maintaining current temperature conditions globally across oceans' waters, what is likely to happen with sonar readings used for measuring ocean depth?

Question 9
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What happens to the buoyant force on an object if it is taken from saltwater and placed into freshwater without changing its volume?

Question 10
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Why might increasing the temperature of water in which an object is submerged cause it to float higher in the water?