Why don't Chilean cherries float?

Subject: Why don't Chilean cherries float?

Date: Tue Dec 30 07:21:17 2008
Posted by Sally
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
City: East Rutherford State/Province: NJ Country: USA
Area of science: General Biology
ID: 1230646877.Gb

Message:


The cherries I bought in July, which were grown in North America, floated in 
water. The cherries I'm buying now, in January, are from Chile, and they sink. 
Why would Chilean cherries be denser than North American ones?

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