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    8 Id-7

    Submarine sums

    Most ships are made out of steel and other materials that
    are more dense than water. They float because the overall
    density of the ship, including all the air spaces inside, is less
    than the density of water.
    Submarines can sail on the surface of the water, or beneath
    the surface. The buoyancy of a submarine needs to be
    adjustable to allow it to do this. Submarines have ballast
    tanks that are full of air when the submarine is sailing on the
    surface. These are then partly or completely filled with water
    to make the submarine sink below the surface.
    Information about ships does not normally give the mass of
    the ship but its displacement. This is the mass of water the Fact box
    ship displaces when it is floating. The mass of water mass
    displaced is the same as the mass of the ship. The upthrust density =
    is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. volume
    mass
    volume =
    density
    density
    mass =
    volume

    1 A submarine has a displacement of 8000 tonnes (8 000 000 kg) when it is sailing on the surface
    of the sea.
    a What is the mass of the submarine?
    b Calculate the volume of water it displaces.
    2 The same submarine has a displacement of 9000 tonnes when it is sailing 300 m below the
    surface.
    a Explain why the displacement is larger when the submarine is submerged.
    b Suggest what the overall density of the submarine is when it is submerged.
    c What can you say about the overall density of the submarine when it is on the surface?
    d How has the density been changed?
    3 This instrument is called a Dasymeter. It is a balance with a
    hollow glass sphere on one side and a much smaller, denser
    block on the other. The downwards force on each object is
    the difference between its weight and the upthrust on it.
    a Why is there upthrust on the sphere and the block?
    b When the Dasymeter is used in a submarine where the
    air pressure is higher than atmospheric pressure, the side
    with the glass sphere rises. Explain why this happens,
    using ideas about displacement.
    c Explain what will happen if the Dasymeter is used where
    the air pressure is less than atmospheric pressure.

    I can…
    ● use the formula relating mass, volume and density
    ● use ideas about density changes to explain how the depth of a submarine is controlled
    ● use ideas about displacement and upthrust to explain phenomena.

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