Island 1: Diver

Session Summary

Diving is one of the most amazing sports that many enjoy doing. It allows us to discover and explore a lot about the surrounding marine environment, but have you ever thought of how can some objects float while others sink?

Well, that’s what this session is going to discuss along with the impact of density on the buoyancy of objects.

Session Keywords

Diver: a person who stays underwater for long periods by having air supplied from the surface or by carrying a supply of compressed air.

Density: mass of a unit volume of a material substance.

Buoyancy: the ability or tendency of something to float in water or other fluid.