Question

Why does a ship made up of wood floats on water although it contains a lot of weight

Answer 1

Originally Answered: Does wood float in water? If so, why?

Wood is made of cellulose which has a density of about 1.5 grams/cc

Water has a density of about 1.0 gram/cc

You would expect wood to sink then because cellulose is half again as dense as water, but it doesn’t always because cellulose only comprises a part of the total volume that the wood occupies, the rest is made up mostly of spaces that contain mostly water if it’s still in the form of a tree or air if the tree is cut down, sawn into lumber, and allowed to dry out. A live sycamore tree has a density of 1.01 grams/cc , just slightly more than that of water. If you uprooted a live sycamore and threw it in the pond, it would probably sink very slowly. After it’s sawn and air-dried to a 20% moisture content, it has a density of only .54 grams/cc, about half that of the tree. It would readily float until it absorbed enough water that it’s density exceeded that of the water around it at which point it would sink. Here’s a link with more info.
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Answer 2

because of the archimedes principle..