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The skinlike surface on a liquid that pulls it together into the smallest possible area?
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Does a basketball have a lot of surface to volume ratio?
No. A sphere has the smallest surface to volume ratio possible and a basketball is nearly spherical in shape (it has surface dimpling and seams).
What is the smallest area on the surface of earth that can be scanned as a single pixel?
The smallest area on the surface of earth that can be scanned as a single pixel is one meter.
What is the smallest land form on earths surface?
An island
What is the property of water that makes it possible for rocks to skip on its surface?
surface tension
How do boats stay together?
Surface tension.
What is tendency of liquids to decrease their surface area to the smallest size possible?
viscosity
Why is rain in the shape of a sphere?
The surface tension of water is such that it will attempt to create the smallest surface area possible. That will always be a sphere.
What is the smallest possible surface area of a right prism with a volume of 200 cm3?
Assuming you mean a rectangular prism, you get the smallest surface area if the prism is a cube. You can calculate the required length of side to get that volume; then, based on that, the corresponding surface area.
What is free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the?
This property is the surface tension.
Does a basketball have a lot of surface to volume ratio?
No. A sphere has the smallest surface to volume ratio possible and a basketball is nearly spherical in shape (it has surface dimpling and seams).
Why does a small water droplet in the air remain spherical?
It is held in a spherical shape by the surface tension of the water/air boundary which forces the droplet to assume the smallest surface area possible (which is a sphere).
What is the tendency of liquids to decreases their surface area to the smallest size possible?
The surface area of the liquid can decrease when there is increase in the temperature of the day,what is called evaporation is been taking place in the surface of the liquid,wchich decreases the liquid area.
What is the smallest area on the surface of the earth that can be scanned as a single pixel?
The smallest area on the surface of earth that can be scanned as a single pixel is one meter.
What is the smallest area on the surface of earth that can be scanned as a single pixel?
The smallest area on the surface of earth that can be scanned as a single pixel is one meter.
What is the smallest land form on earths surface?
An island
Why are mercury drops spherical?
Mercury has a very high surface tension and does not easily wet most other surfaces. For a given amount of mercury, a sphere has the smallest possible ratio of surface area to volume and is therefor the lowest energy shape for the mercury.
Why does water become spherical when thrown in air?
Water droplet is spherical when water is thrown in air because of surface tension in water molecules which forces it to assume the smallest shape possible.
