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Skeeter asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 1 decade ago

Why do bubbles float?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Cuz if they didn't it would be no fun for kids to blow them!

  • connie
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Bubbles floating in air or in water?

    The skin created by the surface tension contains/imprisons air molecules which fly around in all directions. These molecules due to their friction cause the air inside the bubble to heat very slightly and expand becoming less dense than the outside air. Also because of their (the molecules) movement (pressure) the skin is stretched out slightly but remains spherical and whole due to the surface tension. This means that per volume there is actually less air inside than outside..........thus the density is lower.

    Or did you want a simpler answer?

  • 1 decade ago

    The space that the bubble occupies is lighter than the water.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    because its lighter than oxygen.

    Source(s): science class
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  • 1 decade ago

    why do rocks sink??

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