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Methane Gas
If you were to step into a sealed room filled with 100% methane gas and strike a match, what would happen?
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Nothing. The match cannot spark without oxygen.Hide Answer Show Answer
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yeah, but you'd also die because there wouldn't be oxygen to breathe either.
Gee, what would you have to eat
to generate that much methane? I
certainly would not want to share a room
with you :-)
to generate that much methane? I
certainly would not want to share a room
with you :-)
I remeber seeing this in a particualr game advertised by this site.......
The room wouldn't be filled with 100% methane because you have stepped into it.
Kids don't try this one at home!
yes Kids try ths at home
nothing would happen because you probably would be dead or not breathing
Good one Michelle!
nothing u'd be dead u'd die with out oxagon
Ewwww! Stinky!
Hate to try this!
I knew nothing forgot about oxygen, and I am a boy scout
I think you'll be dead, if you entered the room and took a breath. Once you entered the room, it wouldn't be totally sealed anymore. If you held your breath and struck the match, it would ignite. I believe match heads have chemicals which produce enough oxygen to produce the initial spark. Once that happens.....BOOM! That's what I think.
Like the smell of methane is not enough now I have to go in and die because of lack of oxygen.The room will smell worse as my body decomposes.
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