Mythbusters:Collection 2, Episode 7Diet Coke and Mentos Find on Netflix or Hulu

• Start the video at 2:50 (There are some nude-ish parts of Kari in the beginning, please skip over it)

• **Stop the video after the finish of the helicopter being “Busted”

Write these questions down on a separate sheet of paper to be turned

in at the end of class today1. What did taking the CO2 out of the

bottle do to the reaction? 2. What did the normal soda water do to

the reaction?3. What effect do the nucleation sites

(surface area on the Mentos) have on the reaction?

4. What was the difference between dropping 1 Mentos in the coke vs. more Mentos?

5. What things did Adam and Jamie find that made the fountain taller?

6. What things did not make the fountain taller?

7. (After you have watched to the end) Is there anything else you can think of that might make this fountain taller?