---John Muir, Nautralist
Given two identical containers that are placed under two different faucets that emit exactly the same amount of water every second, which container will fill out first?
Answer to this physics challenge will be posted next week.!!!
To show that the volume of empty space is the same for the two beakers, fill the two beakers to the brim with water. Remove all the marbles in the beakers. You will see that the volumes of water are equal, about 40% of the volume of the beaker. Try it!
Reference:
Gardner, Martin "Physics Trick of the Month"The Physics Teacher, vol 38. Jan. 2000.
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"To every action, there is an equal but opposite reaction".... Newton's third law of motion
"Do not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you"
What do these quotes have in common?
Well, the quotes tell us that whatever activities we do, whatever decisions we make, can have a signifiocant effect on things surrounding us: living or non-living.
In chaos theory, it is said that the flapping of the wings of a butterfly has a significant effect on world's climate. This is called the Butterfly Effect. Click here to learn more.
