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Look at the following picture and observe how an object floats
on water.
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Figure 4 Floating of a bowl

Activity 2 Demonstrating how an object floats on water

Materials A plastic or metallic bowl and a basin of water
Procedure Take a bowl and place it on top of water in a
basin. What do you see?

Observation The bowl will float on water because it is open

and light. Any open and light object, when
placed on water, can float.

Floating and flying of an object in the air

Look at the following pictures and then read the description

that follows.

(a) (b)

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