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Is there a summer and a winter olympic torch?
No, there is not a summer and a winter olympic torch. There is only one torch. At the first olympic games ever held, the torch was lit, and it will never go out, so it just gets passed on to all of the olympic games that are held.
Is the Paralympic torch relay different for the Olympics?
Olympic torch-bearers, nominated by sponsors of the Olympic games, carry the Olympic flame from its source, in Athens, to the main stadium, using a series of gas-filled Olympic torches, much like a relay race. Each torch-bearer is given their own Olympic torch (which they keep) which is lit by the Olympic flame carried by the previous torch-bearer. To preserve the flame's continuity, the Olympic flame is carried in special safety-lamps while travelling by air or sea. Once at the main stadium, during the opening ceremony, the final torch-bearer lights the Olympic beacon which remains lit throughout the games. The Olympic flame is therefore the flame itself, while the Olympic torches are the receptacles that carried the flame from Athens to the main stadium.
Why was there a lighted torch at the top of the Alexandria lighthouse?
This was the light. Without electricity back then, the only means for a visible light was to light a torch.
Is there only one real Olympic torch?
This site will give you some idea: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Olympic_Torch_Relay
What is the only way the Olympic games torch can be lit?
From a flame kindled from the rays of the Sun captured at "Olimpia" in Greece.
Can sunflowers follow a torch?
Only if the torch is the dominant source of light. Note that the torch would have to be fairly bright to provide enough energy for the sunflower. Also, sunflowers "following" light is a very gradual process, not a simple parlor trick.
What shape is the olympic torch?
It looks the same no matter what country because they try to keep some things the same as they were when only the Greeks had the olympics
What is the purpose of the concave mirror behind the bulb in the flashlight?
You want a torch to emit light in a beam, in only one direction. But the bulb in the torch emits light in all directions, the mirror reflects the light going in the wrong direction(towards the inside of the torch) back out the front of the torch making it brighter. It is concave so as to focus the light more.
What is the name of the 18-year-old sailing champion who is the only UK athlete selected to carry the Olympic torch at the games' opening ceremony?
That was Rick Peacock from Worcestershire
What would happen if you placew green plastic over a torch?
Placing green plastic over a torch would filter out most of the white light emitted by the torch and only allow green light to pass through. The resulting light beam would appear green-colored and the overall brightness might be slightly reduced due to the filtering effect of the green plastic.
Is the torch burning on the statue of liberty?
It is not burning real fire. It's fake, it's only a light in some plastic.
Which city was the second to light the olympic flame?
ancient Olympia and ONLY ancient OLYMPIA from Greece
