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How do I boil water?

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How do you know if water is boiling?

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When gravity bends space we imagine a fabric with a bowling ball. But mass is 3 dimensional so space is bent in all directions including upwards or sideways . So the simplistic bowling ball analogy no sense. Is there a better way to envision it?

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How long does it take to drive 30 km in a speed of 80 km/hr?

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What happens if you drop 2 different sized pieces of paper from the same height?

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A man heats a balloon in the oven. If the balloon initially has a volume of D4 liters and a temperature of 20°C, what will the volume of the balloon be after he heats it to a temperatures of 25°C?

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If you put an air conditioner in a sealed room, what would happen?

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Could a plane with enough headwind fly backwards?

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If you were to pour 2 gallons of boiling water into a cold swimming pool, how much could you increase the water temperature?

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What are books on waves and oscillation?

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Which of these processes is reversible; the transfer of heat by conduction, the transfer of heat by radiation, isothermal compression, electrical hearing of a nichrome wire?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Physics of Everyday Life by RadiantHorizon

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If time is relative and you need an observer to "measure" it, doesn't that mean that it doesn't really exist on the scale of the universe? Can there be several/different times?

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Why can’t trains go fast when it’s too hot?

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Is it possible that the solution to Fermi's paradox is simply that we are early to the party?

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Why can’t I immediately open my fridge door after closing it? The seal gets really tight when you close it or something.

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Physics of Everyday Life by P J Thompson

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What is the time taken by a bus moving with a speed of 20 m/s in order to cover a distance of 50 km?

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What will happen if you put your hand out of the window of a car traveling at high speed? Will it be pushed back or forward due to the air flow over the vehicle body as compared to the surrounding air pressure outside the vehicle body?

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How powerful is reality warping?

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A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 5 meters per second. How high does the stone rise before returning back to the earth given acceleration due to the earth's attraction acceleration is equal to 9.8m?

asked Apr 17, 2023 in Physics of Everyday Life by SteveB_sa

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If you take a deep breath when floating on water, will you float some more or sink? Why?

asked Apr 17, 2023 in Physics of Everyday Life by AstralScribe

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