Wednesday May 23 2012
Thinning Stream

This week, I will give you another challenge to ponder. Again, it is something that you have seen a million times, but probably never thought about. To try this, you will need:

- a faucet

OK, turn on the faucet, and look at the running water. Look at it carefully. Do you notice anything strange? No, it looks perfectly normal, right? Just as it always does.

Now look at the water again. Notice the size of the stream of water as it emerges from the faucet. Then follow the stream of water downwards. Is it the same size a few inches lower? No. As you get farther from the faucet, the stream of water gets smaller and smaller. How can that be? How can the stream of water get smaller?

Once again, you have a week to think about it. You are welcome to email your answers to me, or post them on my Facebook page.

Have a wonder-filled week.

is it because just when the

is it because just when the water comes out of the faucet it has more pressare than the water in the middle

During the fall the water

During the fall the water speeds up so the stream narrows down.

Water Stream

Guessing that less aeration lowers the energy level in the water molecules.

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