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Subject: If a dense object was put into a infinitly deep ocean, would it ever stop?

Date: Sun Dec 4 12:28:50 2005
Posted by Marisa
Grade level: 7-9 School: Avon Middle
City: Avon State/Province: CT Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1133724530.Ph
Message:

This is a question my eighth grade science class came up with when studying 
forces in fluids. We werent sure whether the pressure of the water would 
overcome the friction wanting to stop the ball. Or if the pressure all around 
the ball would eventually make it be suspended deep in the ocean.


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