Science & Mathematics - 5 July 2006

Okay, here's the situation: a large truck carrying chickens is passing through a weighing station. As the truck passes over the meter, the chickens all suddenly jump up and start flying around. Assuming that they have plenty of room to move about and that the truck is sealed tight, would the meter read more or less than the truck's real weight, or would it read the correct value?

I heard this one a while ago but never came up with a satisfactory answer.

2006-07-05 05:05:28 · 8 answers · asked by Argon 3 in Physics

If a fly was preserved in lharden amber {a tree sap} what kind of tree would it have landed on?

2006-07-05 05:03:57 · 7 answers · asked by Sir. E 1 in Botany

Please only serious answers.

2006-07-05 05:03:27 · 3 answers · asked by embem171 4 in Chemistry

2006-07-05 05:01:41 · 3 answers · asked by thuytienuchau 1 in Physics

Does that make them bambidextrous?

2006-07-05 04:54:53 · 12 answers · asked by The Y!ABut 6 in Biology

2006-07-05 04:52:46 · 6 answers · asked by taylor d 1 in Other - Science

2006-07-05 04:50:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Biology

2006-07-05 04:48:03 · 11 answers · asked by Lisa M 1 in Engineering

2006-07-05 04:47:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Biology

2006-07-05 04:46:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

Well....me being a chemical engineer...I feel tat Chemical engg is one of the sickest,meanest SOB in the business!!!!

2006-07-05 04:45:37 · 11 answers · asked by Danny 1 in Engineering

2006-07-05 04:45:16 · 12 answers · asked by wing 1 in Other - Science

not only how do they work, but how to they make them to create the various patterns that you see when they explode??

i saw a smiley face one last night and it piqued my interest!

also, any references to any documentaries would be appreciated. i'd love to watch a "behind-the-scenes" documentary on how they are made, etc...

thanks!

2006-07-05 04:44:58 · 2 answers · asked by joey322 6 in Other - Science

What does the 2 mean?

2006-07-05 04:44:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Chemistry

2006-07-05 04:44:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Biology

if not what can you do to grow

2006-07-05 04:42:45 · 11 answers · asked by arigont 2 in Other - Science

Lim -> ½+ sqrt(2x-1)

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Lim -> 6- Abs(3x-18)/6-x
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Lim-> pi/2 sin x/x

2006-07-05 04:42:09 · 8 answers · asked by c2pre 2 in Mathematics

2006-07-05 04:42:04 · 1 answers · asked by krishnan_indrani 1 in Chemistry

2006-07-05 04:40:47 · 10 answers · asked by sunnyday4me 2 in Astronomy & Space

I think, basically, what I'm asking, is if there is a term for thunder and lightning together - because they really happen at the same time; sound and light just travel at different speeds.

2006-07-05 04:40:36 · 11 answers · asked by goose 3 in Weather

2006-07-05 04:40:18 · 6 answers · asked by CC 1 in Zoology

2006-07-05 04:40:07 · 16 answers · asked by taco 1 in Biology

2006-07-05 04:39:39 · 8 answers · asked by tony29holl 1 in Astronomy & Space

2006-07-05 04:38:02 · 5 answers · asked by Aditya Kamath 2 in Chemistry

2006-07-05 04:37:51 · 10 answers · asked by hak 1 in Biology

Mars has polar ice caps, could these be used to create an atmosphere? Or is it more to it than that?

2006-07-05 04:33:00 · 15 answers · asked by jditt64 2 in Astronomy & Space

I've just always wondered if anything supernatural or mythical have ever had scientific proof behind it. Not aliens, because I know all about them. But I'm saying like Sasquatch, Santa Claus, Chupacabra, anything mythlike on the earth.

2006-07-05 04:32:59 · 8 answers · asked by ilovevillevalowithallmyheart 1 in Other - Science

Turn to face the sun, take water when dry, grow only when is the season, why dont we say they are conscious?

2006-07-05 04:31:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Botany

2006-07-05 04:28:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Botany

I know this sounds absurd....but itz "amazing yet true"
Proof:
1 = (-1) * (-1) = (i^2) * (i^2)
take square root on both sides,
sqrt(1) = sqrt(i^2) * sqrt(i^2)
this implies tat,
1 = i * i = i^2 = (-1)
therefore,
1 = (-1)
Duh!...thatz about it...whadya fellas got to say about tat???
:)

2006-07-05 04:27:57 · 22 answers · asked by Danny 1 in Mathematics