2006-09-21 10:14:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Find someone with a simliar sized head and weigh theirs instead.
2006-09-21 10:17:16 · answer #1 · answered by doodlenatty 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You could use water displacement if there is a known density for human heads. I don't know, however, if everybody's head has the same density. Probably not, because there is a lot of variation in bone density, and much of the weight of a head is the bone.
volume x density = mass
2006-09-21 10:22:47 · answer #2 · answered by Marcella S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you would have to cut it off. I don't see how you could do it any other way - you could get a pretty good idea by putting just your head on a scale I guess - I have to wonder why you feel you need to know how much your head weighs.....
2006-09-21 10:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by inauspicious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose you could assume roughly that your head is about the same density as say a pork chop. you could work out first the density of the pork chop by the methods given above. Then you could work out the volume of your head by water displacement (stick your head in a bucket of water), and therefore make a rough estimation of the weight of your head.
have fun, and be careful with meat kids!
2006-09-21 23:23:34 · answer #4 · answered by ewanspewan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
with water displacement you can have the volume of the area you want to find the weight of. then by using the formula
density= mass/vol you can find the mass if you know the density. but in your case as there are lots of empty space in the body those has to be compensiated
2006-09-21 10:25:25 · answer #5 · answered by jacob v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I think this is the best way. The soft parts should have about the same density as water. The boon may be a little heavier.
2006-09-21 10:18:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Instead of cutting your head off, cut the rest of your body off.
2006-09-21 10:22:29 · answer #7 · answered by William G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
with water you can measure the volume.find someone with the same head and cut his off.
2006-09-21 10:17:27 · answer #8 · answered by yiannis the greek 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
haven't you watched Jerry Mcguire? "the human head weighs 8 pounds"
2006-09-21 10:22:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A quick taxi ride round Sadar City should soon put you in position to know. You would have the "material", get me?
2006-09-21 10:35:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋