• Question: do shadowos weigh anything

    Asked by KaiF to Anna, James, Joe, Leonie, Olivia on 16 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: James Pope

      James Pope answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Hi KaiF,

      Nope, shadows are without weight because they are just regions were light is stopped from reflecting by a solid structure.

    • Photo: Joe Spencer

      Joe Spencer answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      KaiF.
      James answered that nicely, but i’ll reiterate.
      shadows don’t weight anything as they are the absence of light

    • Photo: Anna Ashton

      Anna Ashton answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Interesting question!

    • Photo: Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes

      Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Although you now know the answer, you could try to find this out in an experiment!

      Wait for a sunny day, take your scales outside, and first measure your body weight in full sunlight and then find a shadowy place and measure your body weight again. If they are the same, the shadow does not add any body weight.

      Of course you can’t eat anything in between the two measurements or do anything else that might affect your body weight ;)!

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