Are you serious? Is this a 'trick' question? You don't know that silica has density greater than water? Trick Question....
I'm beginning to 'wonder' about this site. I'll bet you're stood-up by an ABC-Agency.
Who would ask kids this kind of question?
Info-miner's or 'profilers'!
Maintaining a safe environment is important for improving quality of life and rising the number of years spent healthy. Environmental factors are responsible for 23% of all deaths worldwide and 26% of deaths among children under the age of 5.
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submarines were widely used by both sides as the ultimate weapon of naval blockade, sinking large numbers of both merchant ships and warships, resulting in either paralyzing the enemy's military industry and war effort by causing severe shortages of war materials and products and preventing maritime troop transfers, or forcing the enemy to dedicate enormous resources to anti submarine warfare in order to prevent that from happening, resources which could otherwise be used in the enemy's main war effort.
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