Posts filed under ‘Nature’
How are stars created? Do stars last forever?
- They are born from other stars. They do not last forever. They last until they have a baby.
- A star starts as a cloud of mostly hydrogen and a little helium and some heavier things. It collapses and gets hotter. Hydrogen is turned into helium by nuclear fusion. And then you have a star. Stars do not last forever. They start to break down recycling to make new stars.
(The first answer the child learned from a TV show, the second came from research)
Why are plants green? Are any plants NOT green?
They are green because of chlorophyll.
Chlorophyll collects red and blue light and reflects green. Chlorophyll collects sunlight and turns it into energy with little waste.
Yes, some plants are not green, on the bottom of the ocean. Mushrooms are not plants, they are in a different kingdom called the Fungi Kingdom.
Why is water blue in the ocean or in a pool, but clear when it’s on you?
The water does not have any color. In pools it’s the bottom of the pool that’s blue. In the ocean, it’s the reflection of the sky.
Why is the sky blue?
The sky is not blue, it’s purple (source: A friend in Jacob’sclass).
It’s blue because there’s blue light coming from the atmosphere.
Also, the sea is blue because of the sky.
