ayala_s

What do you call it when the water in the bathtub is almost drained out and
it starts to look like a funnel? My husband called it a whirlpool but I
think there is a more specific name for it than that.



My son is fascinated by this phenomenon.



Ayala



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I've only heard it called swirl or whirlpool. Swirl.


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Stacy Sargent

The term we use is vortex. Hope this helps!
Stacy

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Kendra DeSimone

Vortex

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF5/523.html

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I've only heard it called swirl or whirlpool. Swirl.


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In a message dated 8/7/05 1:09:13 PM, danielle.conger@... writes:


> Vortex?
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There's a theater in Albuquerque called The Vortex, so nobody will look in
the tub and say "Vortex" here; not very likely. <g>

All those words, swirl and vortex and whirlpool, have bigger meanings.
English is so full of words...

Sandra


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elizabeth roberts

Coriolis Effect?

Elizabeth, NYC

ayala_s <ayala_s@...> wrote:
What do you call it when the water in the bathtub is almost drained out and
it starts to look like a funnel? My husband called it a whirlpool but I
think there is a more specific name for it than that.



My son is fascinated by this phenomenon.



Ayala



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In a message dated 8/7/2005 4:22:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>The term we use is vortex.<



When we were little, me and my sister called it a tornado cause that's what
it looked like.

Nancy B.


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Kiersten Pasciak

It is widely believed that the Coriolis Efect causes water to swirl
one direction in the Northern hemisphere and the other direction in
the Southern hemisphere...
Actually, this is only a myth as the Coriolis Efect works on a much
larger scale.

Here is a page I found about why water "swirls" as it goes down the
drain and why it swirls in one direction vs. the other.

http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.htm

Kiersten

P.S. I am not relying on this website as my only source of info.
(We learned about this in Physics)

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P.S. I am not relying on this website as my only source of info.
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In Physics? Physics CLASS??? <g>

~Kelly