The Tale of the Woodcutter and theTiger

Korean folklore recalls the tale of a woodcutter who encounters a tiger in the

woods. Fearing that he would soon be the tiger’s dinner, he exclaimed: “You must be

my long lost brother! Our mother cried for you when you left home. She had dinner

ready for you every night, waiting for your return. Sadly, out mother has just passed

away. How happy she would have been had she known you are alive and well!” The

woodcutter took out his handkerchief and pretended to wipe at his eyes. The tiger

turned away, as tears fell down his cheeks, leaving the woodcutter unharmed.

Every year thereafter, on Chesa, the memorial day of the woodcutter’s mother’s

death, an offering appeared on her grave - sometimes a peasant, or even his mother’s

favorite mountain berries. The woodcutter did not know where these offerings came

from.

One year, the woodcutter noticed that the customary offering had not been placed on

his mother’s grave, and he wondered what had happened. Out from the bush, three

baby tigers appeared, carrying offerings. They approached the woodcutter and cried:

“You must be our uncle! Mother tiger is gone now, and we know how important it is for

her to honor grandmother by bringing an offering to her Chesa table beside her grave.

We are here to bring offerings for our grandmother in loving memory of our mother.” The

woodcutter noticed that his face had turned suddenly warm and realized that it was his

own tears streaming down his cheeks.

Diffusion is the movement of atoms, ions, or molecules from an area of higher

concentration to one of lower concentration. The transport of matter continues until

equilibrium is reached and there is a uniform concentration through the material.

Examples of Diffusion

1. Perfume is sprayed in one part of a room, yet soon it diffuses so that you can

smell it everywhere.

2. A drop of food coloring diffuses throughout the water in a glass so that,

eventually, the entire glass will be colored.

3. When steeping a cup of tea, molecules from the tea cross from the tea bag and

diffuse throughout the cup of water.

4. When shaking salt into water, the salt dissolves and the ions move until they are

evenly distributed.

5. After lighting a cigarette, the smoke spreads to all parts of a room.

6. After placing a drop of food coloring onto a square of gelatin, the color will spread

to a lighter color throughout the block.

7. Carbon dioxide bubbles diffuse from an open soda, leaving it flat.

8. If you place a wilted celery stick in water, water will diffuse into the plant, making

it firm again.

9. Water diffuses into cooking noodles, making them bigger and softer.

10. A helium balloon deflates a little bit every day as helium diffuses through the balloon into the air.
BASIS FOR
COMPARISO SOLID LIQUID GAS
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Meaning Solid refers to a form Liquid is a substance, Gas refers to a state of

of matter which has that flows freely, having matter, do not have any
structural rigidity and a definite volume but no shape but conform to the
has a firm shape permanent shape. shape of the container,
which cannot be completely, in which it is put
changed easily. in.

Shape and Fixed shape and No fixed shape but has Neither definite shape nor
Volume volume. volume. volume.

Arrangement Regular and closely Random and little Random and more sparsely
of molecules arranged. sparsely arranged. arranged.

Density state of matter that Liquid is a state of Gas is a state of matter

holds its shape, matter that has a that has no definite
does not flow, and definite volume but volume or shape. Particles
does not change can change shape. in gases move at quickly
size.The particles in When the in all different directions.
solids are also temperature When the temperature
closely packed increases the density becomes cooler the
together. When a of a liquid decreases. density of a gas increases.
solid's temperature When the When the temperature
increases it temperature becomes warmer the
becomes less decreases the density of a gas
dense and it starts density increases. decreases.
to expand. When a solid's
temperature
decreases the
density increases.