An object immersed in water will be buoyed upward by a force ______ the weight of the water it displaces.

An object immersed in water experiences an upward buoyant force that is equal to the weight of the water it displaces, according to Archimedes' principle. This principle states that when an object is submerged in a fluid, it displaces a volume of fluid equal to the volume of the submerged part of the object. The weight of the displaced fluid creates a buoyant force acting in the opposite direction to gravity. Thus, for an object to float, the buoyant force must equal its weight, allowing it to remain suspended in the fluid. If the buoyant force were greater than the weight of the displaced water, the object would rise; if it were less, the object would sink. Therefore, the buoyant force acting on an object submerged in water is precisely equal to the weight of the water that is displaced, making this the correct choice.