• Question: Why do you weigh more in air than in water???

    Asked by jubjoobadowewemulumph to Darren, Deuan, Duncan, Lori-An, Michelle on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Lori-An Etherington

      Lori-An Etherington answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      you dont really weigh more in air than water, it just feels that way. Water has a buoyancy effect, pushing you up, so the water supports most of the bodies weight, making you feel lighter

    • Photo: Darren Nesbeth

      Darren Nesbeth answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Water is thicker than air. If you stand on a scales, then lean on something a little – you’ll notice you weigh a bit less when your leaning on something. Being in the water is like leaning on something.

    • Photo: Duncan Hull

      Duncan Hull answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      You don’t weight more in air although as others have said above you might feel like you do. Weight has to do strength of gravity, the mass of matter is constant. So on the moon (for example), where gravity is weaker you weigh less, although your mass is the same.

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