I live in DC, where it is currently under 60 degrees. However, the heat has been turned on in our dorm rooms, and so it is usually warm in our room. When we want to cool down, we open the window to let air in. However, for days we could not seem to change the temperature of the room; with our windows wide open we still had a warm room. It appeared that no air was coming in from outside. Just today, I noticed that if I left the door to our room (the door to the hallway) open, wind would rush in through the windows, thus cooling the room. I was wondering if anybody had any idea why this is true--I can only think of how air works in a vacuum, but that doesn't seem to apply.
2006-10-31
07:35:31
·
6 answers
·
asked by
Anonymous