| A | B |
| ballast | Any material added to a floating object to make it sink. |
| Area | The amount of surface on an object. |
| buoyancy | The ability to float or sink. |
| displaced | liquid that is pushed away. |
| capacity | the amount of space occupied by liquid, gas or solid. |
| graduated cylinder | A scientific tube that measures liquids in milliliters. |
| milliliter | A unit for measuring liquids. |
| Cubic Centimeter | A cubed centimeter. |
| displaced volume | the amount of space pushed aside by an object |
| mL | milliliter |
| submerge | Under the surface. |
| submerged volume | the amount of space under the surface. |
| universal explanation | An explanation that can be used in all related circumstances. |
| volume | the amount of space occupied by an object with three dimensions. |
| density | The relationship between mass and volume. |
| mass | the property of an object that seems to cause it to sink in water. |
| gram | the standard unit of mass in the metric system. |
| cartesian diver | A device that changes sinking depth with changes with density |
| subsurface float | to float in the middle of a vile. |
| hypothesis | An educated guess. |