If you hit the sealed top of a glass bottle full of root beer, Pepsi, or Coke with a rubber mallet, the glass will accelerate downward while the beverage remains in place. The beverage will soon find itself in the neck of the bottle, compressing the gas there. The resulting pressure imbalance will accelerate the beverage toward the bottom of the bottle. When the beverage reaches the bottom of the bottle, it will
A. knock the bottom out of the bottle. [66.5% picked]
B. have already slowed to a stop and nothing dramatic will happen. [8.4% picked]
C. emit a piercing whistling sound because of its angular momentum. [1.6% picked]
D. blow the cap off the bottle. [23.5% picked]
Answer:A
If you hit the sealed top of a glass bottle full of root beer, Pepsi, or Coke with a rubber mallet, the glass will accelerate downward while the beverage remains in place. The beverage will soon find itself in the neck of the bottle, compressing the gas there. The resulting pressure imbalance will accelerate the beverage toward the bottom of the bottle. When the beverage reaches the bottom of the bottle, it will
A. knock the bottom out of the bottle. [66.5% picked] B. have already slowed to a stop and nothing dramatic will happen. [8.4% picked] C. emit a piercing whistling sound because of its angular momentum. [1.6% picked] D. blow the cap off the bottle. [23.5% picked]