There is a legend of a Dutch boy who bravely held back the Atlantic Ocean by plugging a leak near the top of a dike with his finger until help arrived. Which of the following is most likely?
A) The huge size of the Atlantic Ocean makes this impossible.
B) The force on his finger would be huge but the pressure small enough.
C) The force on his finger would have been less than 1 N.
D) Both the force and pressure on his finger would have been huge.
E) none of the above
Question 2
When you stand on tiptoes on a bathroom scale, there is an increase in
A) weight reading.
B) pressure on the scale, not registered as weight.
C) both weight and pressure on the scale.
D) none of the above
Good hand and body mechanics when applying thumb pressure to the back.
Overhead stretch for the shoulder muscles. Lean back to create the stretch using your body weight.
Stretching the muscles of the hip and lower back with diagonal adduction of the bent leg.
Atlantic Cod: Gadus morhua
North Atlantic Current