Figure M-3 -A Rock Is Sinking to the Bottom of the Lake

Multiple Choice

Figure M-3

-A rock is sinking to the bottom of the lake. The buoyant force is greater at point

A) A.
B) B.
C) C.
D) equal at all levels.
This follows from the fact that
E) pressure increases with depth.
F) the same weight of water is displaced at any depth.
G) the water is appreciably more compressed with increasing depth.
H) position B provides a moderate answer, between the extremes.