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===Short Explanation=== '''''Bernoulli's Principle''''' states that if you have an object inside of a fluid, then the object will move to the part of the fluid that exerts the least amount of pressure upon it. To understand what this means, first look at the beach ball. Before we use the blower, the air is still around the ball. This means that the ''Air Pressure'', or the force the air exerts across all sides of the ball, is equal on all sides. Because it is equal on all sides, the net force will cancel out, leaving the force of gravity as the only force on the ball and pulling it down. When the blower is used, the air above the ball is now moving. The moving air above the ball no longer pushes equally in all directions, and instead pushes mostly in one direction (forward) and weakly in the direction of the ball (downward). The air under the ball is not moving, and so the force it applies on the ball (upward) is now much stronger than the downward force of air from above ''and'' the force of gravity. The '''''Lift''''', or the net upward force, holds the ball up into the moving air stream and keeps it suspended. The bottle helps to get across how useful this knowledge is. Even though it has more mass to it, we can still get it to hover in the air by using this concept. The curve of the bottle's base allows it to float, much like the curve on a plane's wing will allow it to fly. A plane is able to fly thanks to utilization of this concept, along with a lot of important engineering to make the plane able to ascend, descend and turn in the air.
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