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Tuesday, 10 June 2014 12:43

C3-11: STRAW AND POTATO

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  • ID Code: C3-11
  • Purpose: Illustrate inertia of motion
  • Description:

    If a plastic straw (like those from McDonald's) is pushed slowly into a raw potato, the rigid potato will cause the softer plastic straw to bend and break. However, if a significant velocity is given to the straw it can be pushed clean through the potato. This is what often happens in a tornado, where apparently softer objects are accelerated to high speeds by the wind and driven through apparently harder objects.

    Instructor must bring potato!
  • Availability: Available
  • Loc codes: C3
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