Why does a glass rod bend in water?
Teacher explanation: Water has a greater index of refraction than air, so light travels faster through air than water. The light rays that reflect off of the submerged portion of the glass rod travel at a slower speed. The refraction causes the glass rod to appear to distort and bend.
What objects can bend water?
Using a negatively charged plastic comb, a balloon or PVC pipe we can bend a water stream due to the positive charge in water.
Why does the water bend towards the charged plastic?
Static electricity builds up on a object when the object gains electrons ( which are negatively charged ). The negatively charged object ( in this case a comb or balloon ) attracts the positive ends of the water molecules making the stream of water bend.
What happened to the flowing water when the rubbed rod is placed near it?
When a charged rod of material is brought near a thin stream of water, the water will be attracted to the charged rod and the stream of water will bend towards the rod.
How does the bending water experiment work?
The comb attracts the stream of water in the same way. The charge on the comb attracts the molecules of water in the stream. Because the molecules in the stream can be moved easily, the stream bends toward the comb. When you comb your hair with a nylon comb, both the comb and your hair become charged.
How do you bend water with a ruler?
When you rubbed the ruler against the wool, electrons jumped from the fabric onto the ruler, so that the ruler has more electrons than protons and is negatively charged. * If you place the ruler near the water, it attracts the positive pole of the water molecules and “bends” the water.
Can I become a waterbender?
They cannot. Mainly due to the fact that waterbenders don’t actually bend liquid: they bend water.
Can waterbenders freeze water?
Ice wall/ice shield: Waterbenders are able to freeze water in front of them, creating a shield or even a large wall of ice.
Can Sokka bend water?
In the original series, fifteen-year-old Sokka is a warrior of the Southern Water Tribe, a nation where some people are able to telekinetically manipulate, or “bend”, water.