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2007-01-10 05:10:44 · 15 answers · asked by Carmen S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Yes, it's just the air particles are so spread out that's it's very easy to go through/between these particles. In the same way that you can go through treacle, it's just a lot harder. Think balloons aswell, they're great.
2007-01-10 05:16:58 · answer #1 · answered by Spoony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Air is matter and matter takes up space. To demonstrate this, press a balloon filled with air into a pail of water. The water that is displaced is the space the air occupies (plus an insignifficant amount of space taken up by the balloon)
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2007-01-10 05:19:47 · answer #2 · answered by Bill G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...(what do you think is on the inside of an inflated balloon?
Here's a simple project to prove it..
Run a sink or pot full of water.
Take a cup and put a wad of tissue or paper towel down in the bottom.
Now turn the cup upside down and lower it into the water, be sure to keep the cup perfectly level.
The tissue stays dry, eh? That's because the air in the cup didn't let the water in.
After you've done that, put the cup back in the water upside down again.
Now tilt the cup slightly to let the water in. See those bubbles floating to the top. What's in them? AIR. It's the air from the cup escaping out of the water.
2007-01-10 05:18:16 · answer #3 · answered by Nasubi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Air is a gas and gas takes up a lot of space, lots more than an equal weight of liquids and solids. A kilo of air takes up approx 1000 times more space than a kilo ( or litre) of water.
2007-01-10 05:19:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does. Air has a volume and it takes up space.
2007-01-10 05:19:17 · answer #5 · answered by Riyah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, same as any gas, and a suprising amount. Most commonly measured in litres.
Air, or any other gas is molecules/atoms "wizzing" around bumping into everything. There's lots of completely empty space between the tiny molecules, and thats why you can squash and compress gases, moving the molecules closer together.
The amount of space taken up by the actual molecules (you can think of them as little balls) compared to the space in between them is TINY!
Hope that helped.
2007-01-10 05:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by Bowley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.. just blow air into a balloon... that's a very good example of how air takes up space.
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air has molecules.. atoms.. those things no matter how tiny.. take up space and remember the warmer the more active the molecules... so on.
other fair examples.. look at ice cubes.. the air pockets in them and how when you turn a liquid such as water (which has much air in it) into a solid it expands.. thus taking up more space than it did before.
again.. inhale deeply.. your lungs expand.. thus.. your lungs expanded because they took in air which takes up space.
air can take up alot of space... remember there's a term.. "don't take up too much of my air space"
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2007-01-10 05:18:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you empty a soda bottle and put the cap back on, it's hard to compress because of the air inside it.
2007-01-10 05:18:32 · answer #8 · answered by afling78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and how much will depend on pressure and temperature according to Boyles and Charles Laws, or in summary by the ideal gas law.
2007-01-10 05:19:02 · answer #9 · answered by Robert W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it does. It's matter. It just displaces easily. If it didn't take up space, you couldn't fill a balloon, or your lungs.
2007-01-10 05:14:38 · answer #10 · answered by Created A Madman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋