the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. Sponges soak up water. Inquisitive minds want to know.
2007-04-12 06:38:51 · 9 answers · asked by smommeee 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
1. Dark does not have a speed. Dark is mearly the absence of light. You could measure the time at a location it takes the sun to receed until the level of light is zero lumins. However with a light bulb this is affected by the speed of electricity being cut from the circut.
2. I could be wrong but I believe that only dead dry sponges soak water. A live sponge should actually displace water and have the opposite effect.
2007-04-12 06:45:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dark isn't a thing, it is a lack of light. If we assume that dark is just any void of photons then dark follows right behind the last photon. Assuming this we know the speed of dark is the same as the speed of the photon. Therefore, we can say dark, as defined above, has the same speed as light.
The ocean would actually have a lower level without sponges. The sponges suck up the water, but the water does not leave the ocean. As an analogy think of a bucket inside a box filled with a bit of sand for example. If we take some of the sand and put it into the bucket, is there less sand in the box? No, because the bucket is also in the box. The same sort of reasoning can apply to the sponge in the ocean. The ocean would actually get shallower by a minute amount because by removing the sponges you've removed some volume from the actual material making up the sponge.
2007-04-12 13:55:53 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dark is the absence of light, therefore doesn't travel, so zero miles an hour.
The ocean would actually be shallower without sponges. Since the sponges are full submersed in water, the sponge will soak up water and displace (get bigger in water) therefore replacing the water with a bigger sponge. If you took that sponge out of the ocean, then you actually took something out, therefore shallower.
2007-04-12 13:44:17 · answer #3 · answered by jcann17 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The speed of dark will be the same as the speed of light since darkness and light coexist. There is no darkness without light.
The amount of water is much larger than the sponges available in the ocean and hence the difference would be negligible. Global warming is going to raise the ocean level much more than the sponges.
2007-04-12 13:43:28 · answer #4 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm trying to decide if the 'speed of dark' thing is funny or stupid...
The sponge thing - actually, the ocean is deeper WITH sponges...yeah, they soak up the water, but the water is STILL in the ocean, with the sponges. PLUS the additional mass of the sponges themselves...
2007-04-12 13:43:18 · answer #5 · answered by a kinder, gentler me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darkness doesn't have a speed- it is the absence of light.
And no, the ocean is not deeper without sponges.
2007-04-12 13:45:12 · answer #6 · answered by Behaviorist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darkness is the absense of light. It is not an actual object like light is. It has no speed. Spounges are creatures, not actual spounges as you would think. Spounges don't absorb enough water to affect the Ocean anyway.
2007-04-12 13:43:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, well, well - deep questions for such a shallow mind (speaking of myself of course!)
I don't know how fast the dark goes, but it is solid enough for me to stub my toe on it - because I'm SURE those shoes weren't there when I turned out the light!
2007-04-12 13:42:46 · answer #8 · answered by tigglys 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as Darkness. Light makes the appearance of Darkness. In theory, They would travel at the same speed since They are one of the same. LIGHT RULES THE UNIVERSE. No matter what ANY Human says.
LIGHT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
LIGHT IS ! It is all TRUTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-04-12 14:01:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋