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Why does a flame grow bigger when you blow gently onto it but when a fire burns it feeds on oxygen?
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Blowing on a fire does two contradictory things. First, it provides more oxygen which causes the fire to burn hotter, and secondly, it cools off whatever is burning, causing the fire to die back.
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What is the thinnest cell in the human body?
UFO cell - it feeds on oxygen feeds on human lungs causing illness and anxiety
Why does fire not burn in water?
Fire feeds on oxygen, and water does not have much of it.
Why does a glowing splint of wood burn only slowly in air but burst into flames when placed in pure oxygen?
oxygen is what "feeds" fire... the higher the concentration of it the greater the effect
Hat is the organism that feeds on other plants and animals?
A parasite feeds on other plants and animals.
What is the structure that feeds most plants?
The structure that feeds most plants is soil, so the nutrients from it.
What happens when you apply oxygen to a fire?
The fire feeds off of the oxygen so the fire gets bigger. That's one reason you are told to keep doors closed when there is a fire.
What organ feeds oxygen to the body?
Lungs, two in number, situated in thorax feeds oxygen to body.
What will happen if there is too much oxygen in the air?
More oxygen means less CO2 so we could experience global cooling. Oxygen also feeds combustion so there could be bigger and more frequent forest fires.
Why is it that when you blow a candle its light goes off but when you blow a fire its light come on?
Oxygen feeds fire, but for a candle, it is too small to withstand the pressure of a good blow, and the fire is easily blown out in the wick, where the core of the fire is. In a bigger fire though, like a campfire, it is too big for a human to blow it out, and so the oxygen feeds it, and makes it glow brighter temporarily.
What birb feeds on rodents?
the bigger birds like hawk and eagle
What is the thinnest cell in the human body?
UFO cell - it feeds on oxygen feeds on human lungs causing illness and anxiety
Why does fire not burn in water?
Fire feeds on oxygen, and water does not have much of it.
What does algae does that is helpful?
It feeds certain fish and helps contribute to the oxygen in the water in which it grows.
Why does life in soil require water and oxygen?
well don't you need water and oxygen? so why not soil. soil feeds plants and grass, which needs water and oxygen.
What has the author Burns Keith Drury written?
Burns Keith Drury has written: 'The influence of different levels of protein and of energy in rations for market hogs' -- subject(s): Feeding and feeds, Proteins, Swine
What body component feeds your brain?
Well ... the blood supplies both the sugar and the oxygen that the brain requires.
Is there fire in space?
fire can't exist in space, because there is no Oxygen in space and thats what fire feeds from
