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Can air push water out of a container?

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Yes because if the container has a whole in it the air well make the water squezze out of the whole

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Why is it so hard to push a glass under water?

The Glass is so hard to push underwater because air has less density than water, so it floats. This causes the glass to have an air bubble inside of it, thus making the glass harder and harder to push down.


Does air weigh more than water?

No. Air weighs significantly less than water. Because of this, water will alwaysdisplace air in a container and move to the bottom.Here's a ballpark number:A handful of water is usually about 815 times as heavy as the same amountof air at sea level.


How are evaporation and condensation related to saturated air above a flat surface?

When you give energy to water in the form of Heat, all water molecules does not receive equal energy. Some water molecules have more energy than average energy of water molecules in a container, they will escape in to air in the form of Evaporation. When you closed the container with a plate, the evaporated molecules condensed in to water droplets after hitting no of walls in container (no chance for escape) and enter in to container again. After some time some molecules are evaporating and some molecules are condensing, at a certain stage the number of molecules that get evaporated becomes equal to the number of molecules that are condensing. This is the point of Saturation. Air also takes some finite amount of humidity in to it, it depends on ambient air temperature.


How does heating air affect its density and presure?

Hot air is less dense than cold air. Heating a sealed, rigid container of air will increase the pressure of the air in the container.


If a light mean travels through the air then through a glass container and finally through some water inside the container it might change directions how many times?

Light changes direction each time it passes from one medium to another - from air to glass, from glass to water, from water to glass, from glass to air. It will only NOT change direction if it is passing from one medium to another at exactly 90 degrees.

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Why can't water flow from a container with only one hole?

because it need air to push the water out.in other words water exiting and air entering the same hole is inpossable.


The addition of water vapor as the air passes?

Water in a container consists of liquid in the container and water vapor above the container. As the air passes, it carries off the water vapor above the water and the water in the container replenishes it. Moving air blows water vapor away much faster than still air. As a result, a plate with water in it will dry faster if air is blowing on it than a plate will if no air is blowing on it.


Is the volume of air inside a container still the same when some water is poured inside?

No, the water displaces the air if the container is open.


How does moisture get inside containers inside refrigerator?

The air in the container, as well as the food inside contains water or water vapor. As the temperature of the container as you put it into the fridge is hinger, the water in the food continues to evaporate, saturating the air in the container with water vapor. As the walls of the container cool down, the air inside the container comes into contact with the wall and is cooled to the point that the water vapor condensates. Eventually, the lid and the walls will have moisture on it.


What will happen when cold air and warm are added to the same container?

when cold and warm air are added in the same container it causes water.


Why when put a cold water in a container it has water outside?

It's condensation formed from the water vapour the surrounding air. The cold water absorbes the heat from the surrounding air, including the water in the air which then lacks the energy to remain as a gas and so forms a liquid droplet on the container.


What do you need to savive on Mars?

Here are the things I can think of for starters: -- air -- water -- food -- a container to live in -- a way to pressurize the air and the container -- a way to heat the food, the water, and the container -- something to read -- somebody to talk to -- things to do


How can air and water make pressure?

Water and air have molecules that are spread far apart from each other. When one is placed into a small space, the molecules are forced closer together. The molecules push back against the sides of the container, creating pressure. The smaller the space, the greater the pressure.


Why is it that when a container as removed from a fridge there are droplets of water on the body of the container?

its due to condensation. When warm air meets cold.


How can freezing water break a glass?

Because when water freezes, it expands. If there is no other space to take up, it has to push the walls of the container out


How does the rate at which a container of water cools depends upon the surface area of the water exposed to the open air?

The rate at which a container of water cools depends on the surface area of the water exposed to the open air because the more water is exposed, the faster its molecules will cool.


Why don't droplets of water form outside a glass of hot water?

temperature of the hot water combined with that of its container is higher than the ambient temperature and when the surrounding air strikes the container, the temperature of the air increase and this increases the vapour state of the air. note, for water to form around the outside of the hot water glass, the temp of the water must be lower than the temp of the surrounding air (condensation).