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Would it be possible to drink from a straw a mile long?
Yes, but it would have to be tilted, almost flat. You can only drink through it if your mouth is not more than 33 feet higher than the surface of the liquid that you're drinking through the straw.
Assuming that you could survive in outer space without a space suit would it be possible to drink using a straw explain y or why not?
No. The action of a drinking through a straw is that you suck the air out of the straw, and the air pressure on the outside of the cup them pushes the liquid up the straw. If there were no air pressure on the surface of the liquid, then there wouldn't be anything to cause the liquid to rise. However; 1. If there were no air pressure, the liquid would boil and vaporize; there wouldn't be any liquid to drink. 2. In weightlessness, you can't suck water through a straw even IN atmosphere; the liquid forms globules under the influence of its own surface tension. On the Space Station, the astronauts drink from sealed bulbs; sort of like juice pouches. You squeeze the pouch to push the liquid into your mouth.
What does adhesion produce an effect of when you place a straw in a liquid?
Adhesion produces the effect of capillary action when a straw is placed in liquid. Capillary action is liquid's ability to flow in narrow spaces without external forces like gravity.
How does a straw work using Boyle's law relating to volume and pressure?
If you suck some air out of a straw, the remaining air in the straw will have to contract in volume in order to maintain the same pressure, which it will do because normal air pressure is still pressing on the liquid in which the straw is submerged. The contracting air will then draw up the liquid.
Why does Soda straw doesn't draw liquid if there is a tiny hole at its upper end?
That's because you suck in air instead. From an energy standpoint, energy gets wasted by the incoming air. But if the holes are rather small, and you suck strongly, you might still manage to suck in some liquid. Actually this is rather easy to explain, when you suck at a straw, you create a vacuum in your mouth. This makes the nearest molecules flow there. Like high and low pressure zones that create wind flows. But then with water via a straw. When there are holes in your straw, the first thing that is getting sucked in, is the air around you and the straw. Basically, you are wasting energy. The best thing to do is just get a new straw and enjoy your drink!
When you drink a soft drink with the help of a straw what forces the liquid up the straw?
Suction.
How is it possible to drink liquid by a straw?
Suction.
Why can't we suck a cold drink through a straw on the moon?
we can not drink cold drink through straw at moon because moon has no atmosphere to exert pressure on liquid
Why it is difficult to drink liquid with straw on the top of the mountain?
It would be more difficult to drink with a straw on the top of a mountain because of low atmospheric pressure. You would not have as much pressure to push the drink up the straw.
What role does atmospheric pressure play when someone is drinking a liquid through a straw?
when you drink through a straw you remove some of the air in the straw. because there is less air the pressure of the straw is reduced. but the atmospheric pressure on the surface of the liquid remains the same. henceforth how it helps you drink
How does straw function while drink?
When you 'suck' on a straw, you reduce the air pressure inside it. This means the air pressure on the surface of the liquid outside the straw is greater - so it pushes down, which forces liquid up the straw into your mouth.
When you drink with the help of a straw what forces the liquid up the straw?
Air pressure. If you suck, the air pressure of the surrounding air is greater than the pressure inside the straw.
Why can you drink through a straw?
because there is a gap throgh it therefore liquid can pass through it (:
Why can't you drink through a straw in a sealed container?
To drink from a straw you need an opening for the atmospheric pressure to push into so it can displace the amount of liquid you are sipping in. Without an opening it is near impossible to suck the contents out because there is no pressure helping you displace the air then liquid you are trying to suck out of the straw.
Is it okay to drink through straw with toothache?
When you take a gulp of something, the liquid touches all/most of your teeth; when you drink through a straw, the liquid touches less teeth. If you drink through a straw you use more muscles in your mouth and cheeks/ shift your jaw more which may irritate your tooth. However, if it is a cavity, and you must drink liquids that are not good for your teeth, then using a straw could be beneficial if you place the straw in a position that allows the liquid to be consumed without touching the hurting tooth. On the other hand, if the liquid always touches the same teeth/hurt tooth it could speed up the deterioration of the tooth.
Why is it difficult to drink liquid with a straw with holes in it?
because when you suck up the liquid, it will just go right through the holes.
How does air pressure help drinking through a straw?
when you drink through a straw you remove some of the air in the straw. Because there is less air pressure of the straw is reduced. But the atmospheric pressure on the surface of the liquid.
