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Since water expands when it freezes can a tree explode from too much pressure if it freezes?
No. Wood is made up of fibers that will expand as the water expands.
answ2. In severe frosts, trees not adapted to the climate will split with a hearty crack.
Willows suffer from this in the colder parts of the South Island of New Zealand. Where the willow is an introduced species.
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Why does the liquid in thermometer go up the tube when it gets hotter?
Heat causes mercury in the thermometer to expand, where as when it is cooled, it contracts.
What effcet does altitude have on boiling point of water?
Higher altitude decreases the boiling point of water. Boiling point is defined as the point at which the vapour pressure of the substance above the liquid is equal to the external atmospheric pressure. Since the external atmospheric pressure is lower at higher altitudes, a lower vapour pressure of water is required for water to boil and therefore a lower temperature is required to achieve the desired vapour pressure.
How does depth and temperature affect pressure?
temperature is the average kinetic energy of the atoms of a gas. so with increased temperature the speed of the atoms of gas would increase. and since pressure is the collisions of said atoms on the side of a container; increased speed means more collisions of the particles and the side of the container increasing the pressure, and the same aplies for lowered temperature lower temp lower speed and less collions and less pressure.
When you drive down a mountain what makes your ears experience those uncomfortable sensations?
Your ears pop on a mountain when there's a difference in air pressure between your inner ear and the air outside. The air in your inner ear exchanges pretty slowly. And since the air is much thinner at the top of the mountain than it is near the bottom, if you go down quickly enough (like by driving) the pressures can't equalize gradually. The higher pressure air at the bottom of the mountain presses on your eardrums until they "pop" and the pressure equalizes. That can hurt!
Define Intensity of pressure?
By my wild guess. Since intensity of energy is expressed in energy per area, intensity of pressure could be action of pressure over another unit say Temperature. The result would yield P/T = nR/V and that is probably a unit of specific volume heat capacity of the unit J/m3K.
How does water affect rock when it freezes inside the rock?
Since water expands when it freezes, it causes cracks in rocks when it freezes inside them.
Why does water break up rocks when it freezes?
Water can break up rocks, usually over some amount of time, because the liquid water seeps into small nooks and crannies, then when the water becomes cold enough and it freezes, it expands, forcing the rock or rocks apart, and since rocks are not very flexible but rather brittle this can cause the cracks to widen and lengthen, and break up the rocks.
Freezing and thawing cause rocks to break because the volume of ice is?
When water in little fractures or cracks in a rock freezes, and since water expands when it freezes, it causes the crack to enlarge a little bit. The cycle of this happening over and over until the cracks are big enough to split the rock apart is Frost Wedging.
Why should you fill automobile tires with air not with water?
Water is way too heavy to put in tires, plus in the winter it will settle and freeze so your tires will be off balance. Also about the winter part, if you completely filled your tires with water and let the water freeze, the tires would explode, since water expands when it freezes.
How do rocks react to water?
There is no react reaction to simple contact with ice. But since water expands when it freezes, any water that freezes in a crack will force that crack to become bigger and will slowly break the rock apart in a process called frost wedging.
What causes ice wedging?
Ice wedging, also called frost wedging or frost shattering is a process where water seeps into cracks in rocks and freezes. Since water expands when it freezes this cpushes the cracks further open, eventually breaking the rock apart.
How do rocks react to frozen water?
There is no react reaction to simple contact with ice. But since water expands when it freezes, any water that freezes in a crack will force that crack to become bigger and will slowly break the rock apart in a process called frost wedging.
Why do train tracks expand?
Metal expands when it is heated. Since track is made of metal then it expands when it is heated by the sun.
If you heat a bottle and put a balloon on it then apply heat from a hair dryer why does it inflate?
because heat expands things... and the heat expands the air in the bottle and the air in the balloon... the only place for the air to go, since it cannot expand the bottle... is out into the balloon, increasing the pressure there and inflating the balloon. :-)
Will frozen can of coke explode?
In a regular freezer, it's about 45 minutes, remembering that if you're freezing a lot of soda, it will take longer. If you put it in a cooler with just ice, it will take closer to 25 minutes. If you freeze soda, it will expand and likely break out the can - if you are looking for chilled soda, 25 minutes in the freezer or 15 in the ice will bring it from room temperature to chilly.
Would to much water cause a above ground pool to explode?
Improper maintanence is my guess. The amount of pressure in a pool is great. Just as a water balloon bursts when there is too much pressure so can a pool. Water is heavy. It weighs 8.33 pounds per gallon. Since water seeks its own level it is trying to spread out when confined to a pool. If there is a weak spot in the pool, the pressure will take advantage of it and cause a rupture. Lots of pressure.
Why can't a swimmer snorkel more than a meter deep?
"Because the pressure will cause the heart to explode." Well, no (the heart cannot "explode" anyways, rupture yes, but I'll leave it at that for now). The main problem is the pressure differential on the surface compaired to the lungs which are submerged. At one meter's depth the water adds 0,1 bar of pressure to the atmospheres 1 bar. This means that the lungs which are compressed to 1,1 bar (1 bar ATM and 0,1 bar of water) must overcome the pressure, making breathing impossible since the air cannot be drawn into the lungs.
