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SHS General Science · Year 2

Buoyancy Force practice questions

Upthrust, Archimedes' principle, density and the law of flotation.

24 questions in this topic: 8 recall, 12 applying skills and concepts and 4 strategic thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.

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  1. Question 1Skills & concepts

    An object will float in a fluid if its density is

    • aless than the density of the fluid
    • bgreater than the density of the fluid
    • cexactly zero
    • dequal to its temperature
  2. Question 2Skills & concepts

    The volume of water pushed aside by a fully submerged object equals the object

    • asubmerged volume
    • bweight in air
    • ccolour
    • dtemperature
  3. Question 3Recall

    The upward force exerted by a fluid on an immersed object is called the

    • abuoyant force (upthrust)
    • bfrictional force
    • cmagnetic force
    • dmuscular force

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