Why is it that a peeled orange sinks even though it is lighter than an unpeeled orange? The secret lies in its peel! Buoyancy is the tendency of an object to float or sink in water or any other fluid. When the orange is placed in water, there are two forces working on it in opposite directions: gravitational force pulls the orange down while buoyant force pushes it up. Gravity pulls the orange down with a force equal to the weight of the orange, while buoyant force pushes the orange upward with a force equal to the weight of the water that the orange displaced.
If the orange can displace a volume of water that equals or is greater than the weight of the orange, then it will be buoyant and float. While making the orange weigh slightly more, the peel of an orange helps displace enough water to make the unpeeled orange buoyant. The peel is also full of tiny pockets of air that make the unpeeled orange less dense than water — and the orange floats. When you remove the peel, the orange no longer displaces enough water to overcome gravitational force.
You might also like: Mr. Search for a Place or Topic. Share This. Other Learn Stories. The amount, or volume , of water is the same as the volume of the object placed into it. So if you drop a rock in water, a volume of water equal to the volume of the rock will be displaced. Both the object and the displaced water have mass. The mass of something is essentially the amount of matter, or stuff in it.
I like to think about a bowling ball versus a soccer ball. You know that as soon as you pick one up or drop it. Do you remember that there is a link between mass and volume? The density of an object is its mass divided by its volume. Since a bowling ball has a greater mass for the same volume, it has a greater density than the soccer ball.
Less Dense If the mass of an object is less than the mass of the water it displaces, the object will float. Since both the object and the displaced water have the same volume, but the object has less mass, the object is less dense than water. So an object that is less dense than water will float.
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