Question

Application/Skill-based Questions:
1. You have five liquids and five solids (of same volumes) of different densities. Find out which solid floats
in which liquid.
water
glycerine
mercury
machine
oil
alcohol
density = 1 g/cm
3
1.26 g/cm
13.6 g/cm
0.90 g/cm
0.80 g/cm
wood
glass
gold
lead
styrofoam
0.005 g/cm
0.70 g/cm
2.16 g/cm
19.32 g/cm
11.34 g/cm

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Styrofoam floats in all liquids.

2) Wood floats in all liquids.

3) Glass floats only in mercury.

4) Gold will not float in any of the liquid.

5) Lead will float only in mercury.

Explanation:

It is because if the density of the solid is less than the density of the liquid it will float otherwise sink.