Category: Physics

What lives in a salt marsh? Composed of fine silts and clays, mud flats harbor burrowing creatures including clams, mussels, oysters, fiddler crabs, sand shrimp, and bloodworms. Salt marshes are salty because they are flooded by seawater every day. They are marshy because their ground is composed of peat. How do humans impact salt marshes? […]

What is the dimension of radiation intensity? Hence, the unit of intensity will be kgm2s−2m2s=kgm0s−3. Mass has the unit of kg, length has the unit of m and time has the unit of s. Therefore, the dimensional formula of intensity is [ML0T−3]. What is the dimension of radiation? In this work it is shown that […]

Why does the sky turn pink at sunset? Well when the sun sets, it is lower down and the light has further to travel. Light is made up of all different colours – that’s why we get rainbows. Blue light can’t travel very far so much of it ‘scatters’ out before it reaches us. But […]

Is milk a Newtonian fluid? Newtonian fluids are those having a constant viscosity dependent on temperature but independent of the applied shear rate. Low-concentration liquids in general, such as whole milk and skim milk, may for practical purposes be characterized as Newtonian fluids. Is honey a non Newtonian? Honey is an example of a non-Newtonian […]

What happens when things are heated differently? When heat is added to a substance, the molecules and atoms vibrate faster. As atoms vibrate faster, the space between atoms increases. The motion and spacing of the particles determines the state of matter of the substance. The end result of increased molecular motion is that the object […]

How many circles do you need to balance the scale? Since there are 3 purple circles, we need 3 × 2 = 6 3 \times 2 = 6 3×2=6 green squares in order to balance the scale. What is a balance beam scale? A device for weighing. It has a balanced beam and two pans. […]

How high will it bounce rebound ratios? Tennis balls: Must rebound approximately 111cm when dropped from 200 cm. Soccer balls: Must rebound approximately 120cm when dropped form 200cm onto a steel plate. Basketballs: Must rebound approximately 53.5 inches when dropped from 72 inches onto a wooden floor. How can you tell how high a ball […]

How can a fully dressed person at rest in the middle of a pond on perfectly frictionless ice get to shore? Now if you’re fully dressed on a frictionless pond at rest and you want to go to shore you have to make a sacrifice. Take off your clothes and throw them in the direction […]

How are matter and volume connected? Matter is all the “stuff” that exists in the universe. It has both mass and volume. Mass measures the amount of matter in a substance or an object. Volume measures the amount of space that a substance or an object takes up. What is relation between volume and capacity? […]

What is the recommended amount of physical activity for children Topic test? Kids and teens should get 60 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity daily. Toddlers and preschool children should play actively several times a day. Toddlers should get at least 60 minutes active play every day and preschoolers should have at […]