Does plastic break?

Question

I am with a seven year old and he does not belive that plastic really breaks so this is the only way i can prove that plastic can break!

Answer 1

of course

lolz try this - get a plastic bag and put a whole in it !

Answer 2

Sure...plastic does break

Answer 3

The kid is probably thinking that the plastic will shatter... But yes it can get ripped up and breaks.

Answer 4

Yeah guess breaking some plastic to show him would have been to hard!

Answer 5

ok get a plastic plate(one you really don't care about) and smash it up against the wall, throw rocks at it, jump up and down on it. Seriously.

Help me?

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Answer 6

Yep, it does break,

another way to prove it is to find an unwanted plastic item and break it as well

Answer 7

Yes.  Take something plastic and then break it

Answer 8

Of course plastic breaks!! Try finding something cheap and plastic that won't be missed to show him. (like a toy from a dollar store, etc.)

Answer 9

It's possible that he heard something like,"Plastic doesn't break down in the environment."

A child might not understand the difference between 'break' and 'break down'.  We've all had misperceptions when we were young...

Answer 10

no.....lol

Answer 11

Yes, it does.

Answer 12

plastic SOMETIMES breaks. well at least not like glass, but it pops, gets holes, gets cracks, snaps, dents, stretches but if you dropped it off a building it prob wouldnt break, it would prob just dent. try running the plastic over with your car.

but, something like plastic utensils, or a barbie or something would break

Answer 13

Yes my granddaughter broke her  plastic sippy cup.

Answer 14

Some plastic items break more easily than others. Often temperature makes a difference. If certain things are cold, or very cold, they will break more easily because they become brittle.

What happens when something breaks is a separation of the energy that bonds the molecules together. You don't really break the plastic, or glass of a window, or the wood of a pencil, for instance. You break the energy bond. If you want to actually break the atoms that make up the molecules you would need an incredible amount of energy. Like an atom bomb.

If you need to prove to your curious son you can break a plastic item. Try a plastic fork or cd case.

Answer 15

tell him no, then break the plastic off his favorite toy. when he cries it's broken say no it's not. Plastic don't break

Answer 16

yes

Answer 17

yeah if its hard not like if its like a bag i guess

Answer 18

haha, yes, get a plastic spoon and break it or something. good luck!

Answer 19

yeah. the things you pull off water bottles are plastic and they're pull aways. plastic is one of the flimsier things when made improperly. take a plastic fork and snap it in front of him. that'll show him!

Answer 20

yer plastic can break

Answer 21

yes plastic will break but some types of plastic can bend farther than others but eventually they will break too

Answer 22

Yes...it actually does!

Answer 23

wait a second...

The only way you can prove to a 7-year old that plastic breaks is to log onto Yahoo Answers and ask us.

There is something severely wrong with you and your kid.

Answer 24

Well of course plastic breaks you could break them in many ways.

Answer 25

yes plastics break because think of a soda bottle. i guess if you bang it onto something really hard, it will break. think of a plastic bag. it can rip easily by putting loads amount of stuff in that bag. think of a plastic doll-the arm or leg could break easly by just twisting it.

hope i helped!!!!

Answer 26

yea, just break one of his toys

Answer 27

like what everyone else says here,

YES, yes it does.

Answer 28

Yes it will break. I am not sure where kids get that notion, I was babysitting a kid a while back that told me the same thing.

Answer 29

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

PLASTIC SHALL NEVER BREAK.

EVER.

I'm joking.