Category: Physics

Is negative free cash flow a bad sign? Although companies and investors usually want to see positive cash flow from all of a company’s operations, having negative cash flow from investing activities is not always bad. Can you have negative cash flow and positive profit? Cash flow is the net amount of cash and cash-equivalents […]

What does not affect braking distance? Visibility is one of a number of factors that do not affect your braking distance per se but can inhibit your thinking distance. The longer it takes for you to spot hazards in the road, the more time will have passed before you hit the brake pedal. What factors […]

When a small stone is dropped into a pond of still water what happens? When that pebble is dropped in the pond, it pushes water out of the way. The water has nowhere to go but to the side and up, creating a circular peak around the drop point. This peak falls again, under the […]

Is it good to Flex? It can also be a way to build strength. Muscle flexing is more accurately known as muscle contraction, because when you flex your muscles, you’re creating tension that’s temporarily making the muscle fibers smaller or contracted. This tension is one example of how flexing your muscles can help make them […]

How do you interpret Q1 and Q3? The first quartile, denoted by Q1, is the median of the lower half of the data set. This means that about 25% of the numbers in the data set lie below Q1 and about 75% lie above Q1. The third quartile, denoted by Q3, is the median of […]

What is the centripetal force that allows a car to turn? friction What is difference between centripetal force and centrifugal force? Centripetal force is defined as, “the force that is necessary to keep an object moving in a curved path and that is directed inward toward the center of rotation,” while centrifugal force is defined […]

Do more bushels of potatoes grow when the soil is fertilized? An investigation found that more bushels of potatoes were produced when the soil was fertilized more. Students measured the temperature of the water at different depths in Lake Skywalker and found that the temperature varied. Does potatoes need to be fertilized? As you will […]

Who pollutes the most in the world? China Is Lamb worse than beef for the environment? This blog post draws on data and research discussed in our entry on Environmental impacts of food production and CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Beef and lamb, in particular, have much higher greenhouse gas emissions than chicken,pork, or plant-based […]

Can you boil water with a tealight candle? This calculation suggests that a tea light should be able to boil 4 or 5 pots of water. However, not all the energy will go nto the hot water and you will have to heat up the pot as well as the water. So I would guess […]

What is the most heat conductive liquid? Water Why is heat transfer important for thermal fluid design? The key point behind heat transfer fluid technology is the ability to generate high temperatures at low system pressures. Heat transfer fluid technology offers safety, low maintenance, and extending operating lifetimes when compared to traditional technologies such as […]