!!!Float A Bowling Ball!!! (Density Experiment)

[HelloPreety123]

ur better then bill nye the science guy xD

[Socoolscienceshow]

@HelloPreety123 thanks very much :D

[NinjaCow385]

would the less dense bowling ball still float if it was placed in the water first?? or would it go up after the heavier one was placed in there?

[Socoolscienceshow]

@NinjaCow385 it doesnt matter when you put the less dence ball in the water it will always float regaurdless of weather its placed in the water first or second.

[k2zeplins]

the audio on this is annoying

[Socoolscienceshow]

@k2zeplins your comment on this is annoying

[maxypad05643]

THIS MAN......IS STILL A VIRGIN!

[ilikejello1234]

hah cuz people randomly have bowling balls in their houses..

[Socoolscienceshow]

@ilikejello1234 some people have bowling balls at home, there are people who still go bowling today :D

[slmUSA]

This only works if the ball weighs less than 12 pounds. A 12 lb ball has about the same density as water, thus will hover. A ball heavier than 12 pounds will sink, as its density is greater than that of water.

[Socoolscienceshow]

@slmUSA thats abotu right :D

[Pegasusthebeyblade]

and also 12 is the maxinum nuber for the bowling ball to float

[Socoolscienceshow]

@Pegasusthebeyblade it all depends on what the materials are used to make the bowling ball heavey. I would say anything between 4.5-4.9kgs.

[Pegasusthebeyblade]

@Socoolscienceshow yup

[Pegasusthebeyblade]

i cant wait untill my request how do birds fly! beacuse there heavy besides i have a bird

[Socoolscienceshow]

@Pegasusthebeyblade It gunna take me about a couple of months to get your reqeust because others have requested scie files ahead of you. Like someone asked about awhile back about electromagnets which Im going to get to most likely not this friday but next friday Im just waiting for Amazon to send me my package so I can film that sci file request. But theres a bunch of others that I still have to get to but hang in there i will get to your request.

[Pegasusthebeyblade]

@Socoolscienceshow im patient *dies*

[Socoolscienceshow]

@Pegasusthebeyblade :D

[Pegasusthebeyblade]

@Socoolscienceshow I do admire you show a lot

[Socoolscienceshow]

@Pegasusthebeyblade Thanks very much :D

[Pegasusthebeyblade]

@Socoolscienceshow your welcome

[IXIGaryIXI]

@Pegasusthebeyblade Hey man!!!!! I got this...

...WINGS

[Darkdragon3157]

lol

[Socoolscienceshow]

@Darkdragon3157 Your youtube user name reminded me of Are You Afraid of the Dark haha There was an episode called the Dark Dragon lol

[Darkdragon3157]

@Socoolscienceshow really :D

[1and12]

a strike in the end wud of been better :( u made me cry for no good ending

[Socoolscienceshow]

@1and12 I know it would of been, but a real bowling isnt like the Wii, nope you have to acctually have some talent in the real world.

[1and12]

@Socoolscienceshow but u made me cry u made me loose mi water from mi body

[jakiro127]

Ur calmer in this vid i like it

[Socoolscienceshow]

@jakiro127 Uh oh, I was 2 calm ganna have 2 be extra hyper active in the next video just to make up 4 the lack of enery here Haha :D

[Supaspartan100]

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[Socoolscienceshow]

@Supaspartan100 BLAME CANADA oh no wait.... BLAME YOUTUBE!

[liquidrock2u]

wouldn't the material that the bowling ball was made out of effect if it was to float or sink as well?

[Socoolscienceshow]

@liquidrock2u Depends on many things, you can have a cork bowling ball that wont sink and you can have a cork bowling ball that does sink. It just depends on what material the ball is made of and depends on what materials they place inside the ball to make it heavier.

[BigMoneyCollazo]

Its amazing how displacement works. I actually wasn't even thinking about displacement before you presented the experiment. I was actually thinking you were going to add salt to the water to make the ball more buoyant. I wonder if you do add enough salt to the water, will it make the 4.5 kg. ball float?

[Socoolscienceshow]

@BigMoneyCollazo Well the physics is there to support it, why not barrow a bowling ball and then give it a try :)

[alewisgb]

12 pound bowling balls just float anything above sinks

[Socoolscienceshow]

@alewisgb 4kg (8lbs) and below will float / 4.5kg(10lbs) & above will sink. How-ever its not so much about the bowling balls weight as it is much more about how much space it takes up in the water compared to weight volume of the water displaced.

[alewisgb]

@Socoolscienceshow all bowling balls are the same size... or should be.

a heavy bowling ball should be the same size although there is like a 0-0.5 inch difference in the sizes to be allowed on a bowling alley, or they wont come back in the machine

[Socoolscienceshow]

@alewisgb I think you misunderstood what I said. "How much space it takes up compared to its weight volume" that means the weight of the volume of water takes up space when displaced by an object. Simply put, if the space the water takes up is more then the space the object takes up the object sinks.

[sephiroth613]

oh well i guess u cant float abowling ball lol

[Socoolscienceshow]

@sephiroth613 yeah that was a funny line. hahaha

[billchair300]

You also forgot to reaserch your equipment. Besides a pankake weightblock what else makes up the bowling ball. Multi coloured ball is newer and has a newer polymer surrounding the core underneath the cover. The Black ball is old and still uses CORK inside to fill between core and cover. And we all know how WELL cork floats. If cork was in both balls then you might have a real scientific expirement here, not just goofing around.

[Socoolscienceshow]

All bowling balls reguardless of how they are made or when they are made including modern bowling balls, WILL float if they take up more space then then the amount of water they displace. This works for everything that floats. If an object takes up more space then the water it displaces reguardless what it is, the object will float. The black ball was not made of cork. I love when people come to my channel and tell me Im wrong so that I can inform them with the correct information. Thank you!

[Socoolscienceshow]

PS: do you really think a bowling alley is going to allow me to put one of thier expensive bowling balls made of cork in water?

[ShyBlueEyes93]

I would do this if I had a bowling ball lol.

[Socoolscienceshow]

Thats the only thing about this expirement, you do have to have a bowling ball or rent one in order to do this. I was allowed to barrow both bowling balls because of this show. I got to go bowling for free too. =^D Well one game anyway. I had to pay for the others.

[Stig22121]

So THAT'S why my English teacher marked me down for saying "The boat floated across the lake, exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't." I should have stated the weight of said bowling ball.