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If there were no ships in the sea, would sea levels fall?
Ok a little Friday ponder.
Ships float by displacing the water, so where does that water go? I guess it raises the sea level up a tiny bit. So with more and more ships in the sea, would all the displaced water make sea levels higher? If you could in theory remove them all, would levels go down?
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- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
We are talking about such a microscope number here that it's not even worth mentioning.
Think about how much water there is in our oceans. It covers the majority of our planet. There are not NEARLY enough boats to make even the slightest dent. Technically I suppose your right, but like I said, it only displaces a microscopic amount.
- 9 years ago
Here we go, a REAL science question.
I think you are correct yes. If one fills up the bath with water and makes a mark with a pen on the side of the bath, then puts said little boats on water in bath I do believe the water would rise. That could well be a scientific fact.
Source(s): Science gobshite - ?Lv 44 years ago
you could exhibit on your man or woman satisfaction that removing each and all of the ships out of water (to dry land) could decrease the sea point. choose the flow a extensive block of wood in a sink and mark the water point. do away with the block and mark the recent water point. The water point will drop by way of an identical volume of water the block displaced and the extremely drop will rely on the water floor component to the sink. you could desire to confirm the effects of removing each and all of the ships from the oceans by way of estimating the full tonnage, changing that to tonnage of water and to cubic ft and dividing that by way of the floor of the earth's oceans and seas (use the fraction of the earth's floor coated with water for a sphere with the earth's diameter). using fact the drop in point is normally very small use a calculator to artwork in sq. and cubic ft; then convert the answer to inches (or artwork in meters and centimeters?). solid success.
- ŁùđačaLv 69 years ago
The interaction of the sun, moon & earth controls the tides & the sea level.
It has nothing to do with ships. Ships only influence the water surrounding them.
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- Anonymous9 years ago
in short, yes........