When You Suck Through a Soda Straw into a Drink

question 51

Multiple Choice

When you suck through a soda straw into a drink as shown in the illustration below, what causes the drink to rise into your mouth: the muscles of your lungs and cheeks or the weight of the atmosphere?

• A) the muscles of your lungs
• B) the weight of the atmosphere
• C) Both factors are equally accountable for the soda's rising into your mouth.
• D) Actually, neither the muscles of your lungs nor the weight of the atmosphere is the reason for the soda's rising into your mouth.

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