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Our class has done this and it turns out that some of the things that happens include: 1:The water turns the color of the paint on the pencil. 2.The water starts to get soaked up by the wood. 3.Some of the water evaporates from the container. (We used a beaker for our container.) 4.The pencil still writes, but its very very dull. 5.Some pieces of the lead fuzz up and float to the bottom of the container. We have yet to finish this experiment. Updates coming soon! ^_^!
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoIf you mean what happens to a pencil when it is put in water, it refracts. It seems to bend in the water. This happens because of refraction, when light enters a new medium (air to water for example) it slows down causing the light to bend. This makes the pencil appear to be bent when it really isn't.
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∙ 12y agomaybe it will sink
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∙ 11y agoIt floats
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sink , I think(-.-)
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It will float
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