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प्रश्न
Miya Balishtiye was confused when he saw the woodcutter blowing on his cold hands to make them warm and on the hot potatoes to cool them.
- Now put your hands at some distance from your mouth, and blow again. Does the air from your mouth feel warm? Why?
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उत्तर
When the hands are placed at some distance from the mouth and the air is blown again, this time the air from the mouth does not feel much warmer. This is because, due to the distance from the mouth, the air gets mixed up with outside air and thus becomes cooler.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Miya Balishtiye was confused when he saw the woodcutter blowing on his cold hands to make them warm and on the hot potatoes to cool them.
- Blowhard from your mouth onto your hands. How did you find the air from your mouth as compared to the air around you? Was it hotter, or cooler?
Fold a piece of cloth 3-4 times. Now bring it close to your mouth and blow hard on it. Did the cloth become warm?
Balishtiye saw that the woodcutter was trying to cool the hot potatoes by blowing on them. What would have happened if he had eaten the potatoes without cooling them?
Picture 2 - Sonu was feeling very cold. He kept blowing onto his hands. Now think and write, which will be cooler – Sonu’s hands or his breath?

Can you name some things which produce melodious or pleasing sounds when we blow into them?
Jump 30 times. Did you feel breathless?
Now again count how many times in one minute you breathed in and out.
We blow to cool hot things as well as to warm them. Give examples of each.
Can you make a mirror hazy in the same way? Can you tell by touching the mirror what made it hazy? Is the air you blew from your mouth dry or wet?
Measure your chest
– Take a deep breath in
– Ask your friend to measure your chest with a thread. Measurement ____________
– Now breathe out. Again ask your friend to measure your chest. Measurement ____________
– Was there any difference in the two measurements of your chest?
