Click Here Click Here

Previous Issues Vol 1, No 3
Presented by Smart Science ™ and Bill Graham as a free service for entertainment and education
To subscribe to Mind Games on the Web, click here
line

 

ICE SPHERES

by Bill Graham

Hollow ice sphere Icebergs You see five tubs filled with water. Each tub also contains a large sphere of ice floating in it. The water level in each tub is exactly to the brim.

TUB 1: In the first tub is a sphere of solid ice.
TUB 2: In the second tub is a hollow sphere of ice with an air pocket inside (normal air pressure).
TUB 3: The third tub has a hollow ice sphere with a vacuum inside.
TUB 4: The fourth tub has a hollow ice sphere with helium inside.
TUB 5: The fifth ice sphere has a small iron ball frozen inside.

What happens to the water level in each tub as the ice sphere melts?

Answer to Volume 1, Number 3

Contact Bill Graham

Click here Click Here for the Smart Science home page.
Contents copyright 2003 by Bill Graham and ParaComp, Inc. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer