When Mrs Brieseman was on her science fellowship last year, she got to go to sea for a week on Niwa's scientific research vessel, the Tangaroa.
She put some polystyrene cups over board attached a multi-corer. (The multi-corer was going down 3000m to the bottom of the ocean to collect samples of sediment)Look at what happened to the cups!
The water pressure made them compress (shrink) to this size. (She had written on them beforehand)
Rebekah and Teora found out that fish can survive deep in the ocean because they are quite small and their bodies are mostly made of liquid that cant be squished easily. Some have bubbles of gas in them.
I see that you made your own plastic cups but they are all smashed.
ReplyDeleteHi Marvin and Sahaarsh,
DeleteWe didnt make these cups. They are polysytene cups that were put over the side of a ship last year. They were attached to a piece of scientific equipment that went down to 3000m. The water pressure is what 'smashed' them
Are the cups filled with guts
ReplyDeleteNo- just air
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