Topic: Explode
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Why Did the Challenger Explode?
The explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle on January 28th, 1986 was caused by one of its solid rockets boosters when it caught on fire. Read More »
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What Makes Fireworks Explode?
Fireworks explode due to gun powder. You light the wick and the flames travel to the middle where the gun powder is located. Since gun powder is highly combustable, when the fire hits it, it explodes! Read More »
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How do Volcanoes Explode?
Way, way deep in the Earth, the temperature is so hot that some of the rocks actually melt into a substance we call magma. Because the magma is lighter than the rocks around it, magma rises up through the rocks and pushes its way up through... Read More »
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Volcanoes explode from earthquake activity in the Earth's crust. The earthquakes cause a shifting of the plates, which causes the gases and lava to need a space to go, hence through the volcano vents. For more information, look here: http:/... Read More »
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The Sun won't every explode, but it will expand. When it does it will devour Earth! The Sun is actually too small to explode. I don't know which one is worse, exploding or expanding? Either way, they both scare the life out of me! Read More »
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An easy and fun way to make an exploding volcano is with Coca Cola and Mentos candy. Make a funnel out of a sheet of poster board and wrap it around a 2 liter bottle of Coke that you have set on a small wooden board. Use clay to cover you p... Read More »
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The Hindenburg used hydrogen gas to make it float. Normally hydrogen is not really explosive unless it is mixed with oxygen. No one really knows the cause of the fire on board the Hindenburg however, during the landing, hydrogen is released... Read More »
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The space shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28,1986. The Challenger exploded 75 seconds into its launch, all seven people on board were killed. Look here for more information: http://www.inthe80s.com/dynamic/challeng... Read More »
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If the sun were to explode the blast would be so large that it would wipe out the entire solar system. Nothing would exist anywhere ever again. Read More »
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The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986. I was in school when this happened and I can remember watching the launch because there was a teacher on board. Read More »
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