Physics Facts & Trivia - Page 2If given the same mass, our body would actually be hotter than the sun. Sciensational.comSubmitted by: Eddy - United States
The Atlantic Ocean grows at about the same rate as your fingernails. Sciensational.comSubmitted by: Do do bird - United States If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced just enough sound energy to heat up one cup of coffee. Submitted by: me knows me facts, Canada The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons. Sciensational.com
A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds (3.8kg). Sciensational.com If an item moves very, very fast, it becomes smaller and heavier. Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same temperature as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Sciensational.com
|
Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 18 inches (46cm) per year as a result of draining water. Sciensational.com 1 inch (25mm) of rain water is equivalent to 15 inches (381mm) of dry, powdery snow.
The greatest tide change on earth occurs in the Bay of Fundy. The difference between low tide and high tide can be as great as 16.6 meters (54 ft.) Sciensational.com The temperature in fahrenheit can be determined by counting the number of cricket chirps in 14 seconds and adding 40. The average ocean floor is about 3,600 meters deep (12000ft). Sciensational.com Sunlight can penetrate clean ocean water to a depth of 73 meters (240ft.) The North Atlantic gets 2.5 centimetres (1in) wider every year. Sciensational.com Hawaii is moving toward Japan 10 centimetres (4 inches) every year. Sciensational.com |
Many physicists believe wormholes (a "shortcut" through space and time) exist all around us but they are smaller than atoms. 
A solar panel 100 miles by 100 miles (161x161km) in the Mojave Desert (
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on our planet. 
The only rock that floats in water is pumice. 
The oldest and largest clearly visible meteorite crater site in the world is The Vredefort Dome in Free State, South Africa. It is 380km across.