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Bill Nye the Liar Guy
Topic Started: Oct 28 2006, 04:46 AM (280 Views)
Skoteinos Metamfiezomai
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Ocean Soul
One object sank (the ball of clay), one floated(the clay boat). They supposedly had the same mass and volume. But that means that they both should have sank, or both floated.
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I have to agree with GC here.
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TJ

Well, the one that floated did so because of it's surface area, it pushed a lot of water out of the way, and so the water pushed back on it a lot, at least, that's how I came to understand it.
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maseck
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Ask why and why not. Pretend the water is a goo. That may help explian.
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Skoteinos Metamfiezomai
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GGARRR!! You people aren't getting the point- think of the properties of bouyancy- if the volume is greater or equal to the mass, then an object floats. If it's mass is more than its volume, it sinks. So if 2 objects have equal mass and volume, they should both either both float, or both sink. But one sank and one floated, they shouldn't have the same volume. Bill Nye lied!
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I have to agree with GC here.
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TJ

The ball has less volume than that of the boat, I'd assume, it's all crammed into one space there, in the boat, it's spread out a bit more.
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Skoteinos Metamfiezomai
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THAT'S THE POINT!!!!

BILL NYE SAID THEIR VOLUMES WERE EQUAL!!!!

Byrgg
 
I have to agree with GC here.
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TJ

Then he did lie. It was just a mistake in the script then, or maybe there's more to buoyancy than that rule you stated? After all, he mentioned something about the shape, didn't he?
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Skoteinos Metamfiezomai
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I'll quote him on the shape part...

"It's the shape that matters. If it's shaped like a rock, it will sink, and if it's shaped like a boat, it will float."

And like you said, there are some rocks that float, and if you made a boat out of granite, it would sink. So that was a lie too.
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I have to agree with GC here.
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BlackKnight13
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Lol look at the ads. Posted Image
Robert/Jenny Win Record
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First to 465897465235789423750890234758920594 wins!
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Skoteinos Metamfiezomai
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Wow. that's a big coincidence...
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TJ

I don't think it's a coincidence, I remember one time when we were talking about cats, there were cat product ads, I think the text on the page is scanned, and it matches words with ads, and then displays them.
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