| Author | Message | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 10 Registered: 1-2007 |
Many of you may have read this one before. A professor brought a beaker filled with a certain liquid and showed it to his class. In it, he introduced a stone and a piece of wood. To the fascination of the class, the wood sank while the stone floated. How is this possible? | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 622 Registered: 8-2006 |
Are the beakers filled with a different liquid? Is it, perhaps, cream? | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 11 Registered: 1-2007 |
Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig) New member Username: Crazypalpig Are the beakers filled with a different liquid? Is it, perhaps, cream? One beaker, one liquid. Not cream. | ||
| Emptyhead (Emptyhead)
New member Username: Emptyhead Post Number: 32 Registered: 6-2006 |
Stone - A solid material piece made of sand, mud, minerals etc. that people love to throw during riots? Wood - A solid material piece that is extracted from trees and used to make house, boats etc.? Is it to do with the density of liquid? Shape of wood and stone? A scitific phenomenon? (If so I should probably give up right now) | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 12 Registered: 1-2007 |
Emptyhead (Emptyhead) New member Username: Emptyhead Stone - A solid material piece made of sand, mud, minerals etc. that people love to throw during riots? yes Wood - A solid material piece that is extracted from trees and used to make house, boats etc.?yes Is it to do with the density of liquid? No Shape of wood and stone? No A scitific phenomenon? (If so I should probably give up right now) No | ||
| Emptyhead (Emptyhead)
New member Username: Emptyhead Post Number: 34 Registered: 6-2006 |
Back to basics. Professor - Human? Somebody who teaches? Relevant subject he teaches? If yes, Chemistry? Physiscs? Supernatural? Class - Group of students? Beaker - Glass vessel where chemist do their experiments? Is the demonstration part of teaching? Is this possible in real world? | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 13 Registered: 1-2007 |
Emptyhead (Emptyhead) New member Username: Emptyhead Back to basics. Professor - Human? Somebody who teaches?yes to both Relevant subject he teaches?not VERY If yes, Chemistry? Physiscs?this one Supernatural? Class - Group of students? Beaker - Glass vessel where chemist do their experiments? Is the demonstration part of teaching? Is this possible in real world? yes to all | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 137 Registered: 9-2003 |
does the type of liquid matter? is it a mixture of chemicals? is it drinkable? would the colour of the liquid help to identify it? | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 14 Registered: 1-2007 |
~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~ does the type of liquid matter? technicaly yes is it a mixture of chemicals? yes is it drinkable? yes would the colour of the liquid help to identify it? yes | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 138 Registered: 9-2003 |
is it clear coloured? red? blue? white? is it fizzy? | ||
| Sebastepistis (Sebastepistis)
New member Username: Sebastepistis Post Number: 30 Registered: 12-2006 |
Is the stone pumice, which has the capability to float? Is the wood black ironwood, the heaviest and densest of the woods? | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 15 Registered: 1-2007 |
Sebastepistis (Sebastepistis) New member Username: Sebastepistis Is the stone pumice, which has the capability to float? Is the wood black ironwood, the heaviest and densest of the woods? My...that was quick. *******SPOILER******** Indeed the stone was pumice, a stone with density roughly one-quarter of that of water and the wood was desert ironwood (black ironwood), the densest of woods. The liquid was water. Well done Sebastepistis. |
