A Soft Drink Rises in a Straw When You Suck

question 76

Multiple Choice

A soft drink rises in a straw when you suck on the straw because ________

• A)the vacuum pulls the liquid up the straw.
• B)capillary forces attract the liquid to the walls of the straw.
• C)the air pressure inside the straw is less than the air pressure outside the straw.
• D)the air pressure inside the straw is greater than the air pressure outside the straw.
• E)the liquid level inside the straw is pushed up by the liquid level outside the straw.

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Definitions:

Returns

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