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Yes, plastic drinking straws will float in water.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoYes. Being made of plastic, a straw will float in water. The mass of the straw is typically designed so that it starts floating only after 3 quarters is inside the water and not before.
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∙ 14y agoWill what float in a glass of water?
Nevaeh Midgyett
i think no
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Does a glass float or sink in water?
It depends on the shape of the fork and the material from which it is made. Most non-metal (wood, plastic) forks will float. Metal forks will sink unless they are shaped to have a large enough surface area on the bottom.
What parts of Chinese drilling process do the glass of water the straw and the empty glass represents?
i dont have any idea what it is it makes no sense
Will a seashell float or sink?
Sea Glass Is Made From Glass Objects That Were Disgarded Into The Ocean Many Years Ago And Have Spent Their Time Tumbling Against The Waves And Sand. Since Sea Glass/Beach Glass Is Made From Glass, It Does Not Float.
What happens when you drink through a straw?
This question points up some key misconceptions about what a vacuum is.So you put a straw in your cup of water. If you look down the straw or could look through it, you would see that the level of water inside and outside the straw are exactly the same. This is because the atmosphere is pushing down on the water inside the straw, and it is pushing down equally hard on the water outside the straw. So the pressures are equal.When you suck on the straw, you are decreasing the pressure in your mouth and lowering the pressure of the air in the top of the straw. When that happens, the force of the atmosphere pushing on the water in the glass is higher than the force of gas inside the straw. The atmosphere forces the liquid up the straw into your mouth. So, in essence, you ARE NOT sucking the liquid into your mouth, the atmosphere is pushing it there.This is easily proved by an experiment. Try drinking water from a straw that is more than 20 meters tall. It won't work. At around 20 meters, the massive column of water inside the straw would be pulled down by gravity, with a force greater than the upward force caused by the atmosphere. Even if you completely evacuate the straw with a high-powered pump the water won't make it up the straw. This is why you can't pump water out of a well that is more than 20 meters deep in the ground. Anything deeper than that and you need to use a compressor to pump air at high pressure down into the well, to force the water out (essentially make the upward pressure higher than the atmosphere alone provides), or revert to the tried and true method using buckets.Of course, a similar principle applies with underground or artesian wells. The water there is already under greater pressure and will flow to the surface if given a path.
What is ordinary glass?
normal float glass screen is made of a number of glass sheets which can be standard.
Why does a straw bends when you put it in a glass of water?
The light gets refracted in water. Thus the shape of the straw seems to be bent.
Could glass float on salt water?
no
Can we use float cullet in container glass?
Cullets doesn't float on water.
What parts of the Chinese drilling process do the glass of water THE straw and the empty glass represent?
drilling
Why do ice cubes always float a the top of the glass of water?
Ice is less dense than water and will float on water.
If you put a straw into a glass of water the straw looks to be bent although nothing has physically happened to the straw?
That is not strictly correct. The straw has undergone physical change: it is wet!
Why does a straw appear broken as it sits in a glass of water?
Refraction bends the light, making the straw appear to be broken.
Does a glass float or sink in water?
It depends on the shape of the fork and the material from which it is made. Most non-metal (wood, plastic) forks will float. Metal forks will sink unless they are shaped to have a large enough surface area on the bottom.
Why does a straw fall out of a glass of coke?
What happens when you put a straw in a glass of Coke or any other carbonated beverate, is that bubbles of carbon dioxide form on the straw and cling to it, and since these are lighter than water, they tend to lift the straw up out of the Coke; when it is lifted high enough it will become unballanced and fall out of the glass.
Does water absorb light?
It doesn't water refracts or bends the light which is why the straw looks bent in a glass of water
Suppose you put a birthday caddle in a glass of water why will the caddle float on top of the water?
It will float on top because it is less dense than water.
Would a glass and wood block float in water?
if it was a cubick foot of water and the glass was the same and weighs less then the water than yes
