Question

FAN AND MEDAL:
Part A: Explain why we do not measure the rate at which rain falls in meters per second? In your explanation, use reasoning based on appropriate units to model this situation. (5 points)

Part B: What are the two quantities that should be measured to find the rate at which rain falls? Explain how the rate can be determined. (5 points)

Answer 1

PLEASE HELP!!

Answer 2

@mechanicalanimal_

Answer 3

i'm not exactly sure how to answer this. the question is confusing xD

it really doesn't make any sense to measure the speed that rain falls.
think about it like this : we measure how fast a car drives because it's relevant, and it makes sense to know that your car is driving however many meters a second.
but knowing how fast rain falls, wouldn't really be helpful at all because the more important thing is HOW MUCH rain is falling.

as for part b, we measure rainfall in 'inches', although that is actually a volume measurement. you could think of a glass, with area A, but the glass is only about an inch in diameter. the amount of water that falls in the glass is measured by how full the glass gets... again, about an inch deep of water. so how we ACTUALLY measure rainfall is by volume = area*height. (height is the depth of the water in the glass)
( or about 25 mm diameter and 25 mm deep )

sorry if this didn't help at all, that's just the way i look at it xD

Answer 4

thank you so much!!

Answer 5

no problem (: