James Watts Group

Member
1) Yeap Jia Hung
2) Wong Lee Lung
3) Aileen Wong

(Archimedes Principle)
List Of Material
500 ml bottle water
A Packet of Ketchup
A Jug
Warm water
Arrangement of model
Ketchup
packt
Warm
water
Bottle
1.The water is poured into the bottle by using a jug
Procedure
2.The water is poured almost full
3.The ketchup packet is putted into the bottle
4.Water are added into the bottle until it is fully full
5.The top of the bottle were screw hard
6.The bottle were squeezed and the movement of the ketchup
packet is observed.
7.The bottle is stopped from squeezed and the movement of
ketchup packet is observed
Observation
The ketchup packet sinks when the
bottle is squeezed and rises when the
bottle were stopped squeezed.
Whether an object sinks or floats depends on if the total weight of the object is greater or
less than the weight of the water it displace.when a packet is just barely less dense than
water are barely
canceling the parts that are more dense than water(package and ketchup).The cartesian
diver works
Because the pressure exert on bottle is transefered to air bubble within the packet,making
it smaller,thus increasing its density.as this occur ,the packet sinks as the air no longer
cancels the ketchup.when you release the pressure ,the bubble expands again,and the
packet rises.
Fish have an air sac within their bodies,and by controlling the amount of air in the
sac,they use the same principle to rise and sink.
Also according to pascal law,pressure in a fluid is exerted equally throughout the fluid.no
matter where u squeeze the bottle,at the top or at the bottom,the pressure will be exerted
equally and the same diving effect will occur,
The same principle is at work in diver s bouyancy compesation device(BC)or even your
lungs at depth underwater.Release air from the BC (or ur lung),it will compress the
remaining volume,and u sink.Add some volume(by adding more air to your BC or ur
lungs,and you will rise to the surface,mastering these two skills are the ABCs of diving
Discussion
Conclusion
This activity demonstrates the property of
bouyancy.An object is buoyant in water due to the
amount of water it displaces. The pressure that exert
on bottle is transefered to air bubble within the
packet,making it smaller,thus increasing its
density.as this occur ,the packet sinks as the air no
longer cancels the ketchup.when you release the
pressure ,the bubble expands again,and the packet
rises.
Bibliography
1. Foo Seng Teek,Yee Cheng Teik,Chong Geok Chuan,Lee Beng
Hin,
Success Physics SPM,Selangor,Oxford Fajar Sdn.Bhd.2oo7
2. www.wikihow.com/make-a-Cartesian-diver-with-a -ketchup
packet