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User avatar #301 - kolimm ONLINE (01/27/2013) [-]
sooo rape me if im wrong.. but doesn't that mean that eventually the whole bottle is filled with dead leaves? and dirt
User avatar #303 to #301 - pianoasis (01/27/2013) [-]
Nope. No matter is entering or leaving the bottle, it will always have the same mass.
User avatar #304 to #303 - kolimm ONLINE (01/27/2013) [-]
but if it creates seed to grow new plants, and they die or what.

doesnt that mean it will fill eventually?

from seed to plant that create seed.. right?
User avatar #305 to #304 - pianoasis (01/27/2013) [-]
No. Still no matter is being created inside of the bottle, it's only being altered. The bottle will always have the same amount of matter.
User avatar #309 to #305 - kolimm ONLINE (01/27/2013) [-]
oooohhhhhh i think i get it!

thanks!
#329 to #309 - N. Korean citizen (01/27/2013) [-]
Actually, you're both right. The amount of mass wont change, but the decayed matter doesn't go anywhere, so it will continue to build up as the actual plant continues to get smaller to accommodate for the lack of space.
#357 to #329 - maucorn (01/27/2013) [-]
It has been going 40 years, I think that implies that the plant has been recycling the dead material (fertilizer) back into itself. In fact I think it outright said that (too lazy to scroll up).
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