| Physics is all around us. It is in the | | | | is also very hard to buy diamonds unless you |
| electric light you turn on in the morning; | | | | have a lot of money.Most gemstones contain |
| the car you drive to work; your wristwatch, | | | | several elements, except diamond which is all |
| cell phone, CD player, radio, and your | | | | carbon. I do not understand why diamonds are |
| television. It makes the stars shine every | | | | so expensive if all it is composed of is |
| night and the sun shine every day, and it | | | | carbon. Must be good public relations. |
| makes a your favorite basketball player | | | | |
| seemingly fly while dunking the ball! | | | | When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds |
| | | | of more than 3,000 miles. If you could ride a |
| Physics is the science of matter, energy, | | | | glass crack from New York to Los Angeles, you |
| space, and time. It explains ordinary matter | | | | could be there in an hour. |
| as combinations of a dozen fundamental | | | | |
| particles, interacting through four | | | | If you could throw a snowball fast enough, it |
| fundamental forces. It describes the many | | | | would totally vaporize when it hit a brick |
| forms of energy - such as kinetic energy, | | | | wall. If you can throw a snowball that fast, |
| electrical energy, and mass - and the way | | | | you should be a major league pitcher. |
| energy can change from one form to another. | | | | |
| | | | On a clear day, a beam of sunlight can be |
| This list of weird, strange and unbelievable | | | | reflected off a mirror and seen up to 25 |
| facts prove that the science of Physics is | | | | miles away. I do believe that Native |
| truly amazing! | | | | Americans used this fact to good advantage |
| | | | way back when. |
| Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per | | | | |
| minute on our planet. That's 360,000 times an | | | | At the ocean's deepest point, due to immense |
| hour. Better stay out of the water. | | | | pressure, an iron ball would take more than |
| | | | an hour to sink to the ocean floor. Great |
| If something moves very fast, it becomes | | | | balls of fire, why does it take so long. |
| smaller and heavier. What a great way to gain | | | | |
| weight. Just run like the devil. | | | | There is enough fuel in a full tank of a |
| | | | jumbo jet to drive an average car around the |
| If degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit are | | | | world four times. I have many friends and I |
| different, how come minus 40 degrees Celsius | | | | do not believe that any of them would want to |
| is exactly the same temperature as minus 40 | | | | drive their cars around the world four times. |
| degrees Fahrenheit? In any event, it's mighty | | | | |
| cold. To prove this just stand outside with a | | | | A car traveling at 50 mph uses half its fuel |
| degrees C and a degrees F thermometer, wait | | | | to overcome wind resistance. Some cars use |
| for the temperature to drop to minus 40 and | | | | more, some use less, depending on the |
| check your thermometers. Extra sweater | | | | aerodynamics. Another good idea for a |
| suggested. | | | | science experiment. |
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| If cold water is closer to freezing than hot | | | | If Mount Everest were placed at the bottom of |
| water, how come hot water freezes faster than | | | | the deepest part of the ocean, its peak would |
| cold water? Next time you want a hot bath, | | | | still be a mile underwater. Before starting |
| just remember this. And yes a rock can float | | | | your next climb, you should check to make |
| in water, so long as it is pumice. Somehow I | | | | sure that the mountain will not be moved to |
| don't think I want my next boat to be made of | | | | the deep sea. |
| pumice. | | | | |
| | | | If given the same mass, our body would |
| Better get to Mexico City fast because it is | | | | actually be hotter than the sun. If anyone |
| sinking at the rate of 18 inches every year. | | | | had mass as big as the sun, where would they |
| Yikes! | | | | find clothes to fit? |
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| Better cross the North Atlantic now before it | | | | A solar panel 100 miles by 100 miles in the |
| gets too long. It gets an inch wider every | | | | Mojave Desert (USA) could replace all the |
| year. It will harder and harder to beat the | | | | fuel now burned to generate electricity in |
| transatlantic speed crossing record. | | | | the entire U.S. But then again, how could |
| | | | the big oil companies make billions in profit |
| Want to lose weight in a hurry, stand | | | | by overcharging for gas. |
| directly under the moon. Due to the | | | | |
| gravitational effect you weigh slightly less | | | | If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 |
| when the moon is directly overhead. How about | | | | days, you would have produced just enough |
| a science experiment on this subject. | | | | sound energy to heat up one cup of coffee. I |
| | | | really am prepared to give up the habit |
| Hawaii is moving toward Japan 4 inches every | | | | rather than take a chance on a sore throat. |
| year. If you wait a zillion years, air fares | | | | |
| and boat fares should go way down. | | | | The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons. |
| | | | Next time I pass one, I will take it aboard |
| Diamonds are the hardest known substance. It | | | | my 28 foot sailboat to ice up the drinks. |