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title: Floating and sinking: the push of the water — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Physics
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 11 «Floating and sinking: the push of the water» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Floating and sinking: the push of the water

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The 15 questions of lesson 11 «Floating and sinking: the push of the water» of the physics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 82 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t1/) — Lily's mum says steel always sinks, so how come ships float? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t2/) — In the Dead Sea, what can people do? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t3/) — An egg sinks in your glass. You stir in lots of salt. What happens? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t4/) — lol my brother is all muscle and he sinks like a brick in the pool, why — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t5/) — What would happen if you breathed all the air out while floating? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t6/) — You put marbles one by one into a clay boat. What happens at last? — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t7/) — In a cartoon a man grabs a big stone and floats across the river on it. What is wrong? — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t8/) — You hold a beach ball under water and let go. What does it do? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t9/) — Why does a life jacket help even someone who cannot swim? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t10/) — Which floats? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/t11/) — Your bath is full to the brim. What happens when you get in? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the upward force exerted by water upon an immersed body? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which a vessel constructed of steel remains afloat. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/e3/) — It is given that a quantity of salt is dissolved in water in which an egg has sunk. Ascertain the consequence. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/e4/) — Determine the function of the line marked upon the hull of a merchant vessel. — wrong ✗ · exam

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