How Much Does the Sky Weigh?

04/28/21 • 15 min

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Science People!

It's a question you may have never asked, or wondered about, but now I bet you're wondering.

As it turns out, it's an unexpectedly loaded question, too!

In order to answer, you have to know where the sky is. Where does it start? Where does it end?

You might say "that's easy! the sky goes to the edge of the atmosphere, and then it's space?

But then you need to know where the atmosphere ends! Is there an edge? At what point does it become space?

I'm going to attempt to answer every connected question in this post. Buckle up your brain buckets!

Read the transcript for this episode here

Support my ability to make more episodes, answer more questions, and do more demonstrations at www.patreon.com/sciencepeople

It's a question you may have never asked, or wondered about, but now I bet you're wondering.

As it turns out, it's an unexpectedly loaded question, too!

In order to answer, you have to know where the sky is. Where does it start? Where does it end?

You might say "that's easy! the sky goes to the edge of the atmosphere, and then it's space?

But then you need to know where the atmosphere ends! Is there an edge? At what point does it become space?

I'm going to attempt to answer every connected question in this post. Buckle up your brain buckets!

Read the transcript for this episode here

Support my ability to make more episodes, answer more questions, and do more demonstrations at www.patreon.com/sciencepeople

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Motion Commotion!

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Welcome to the very first episode of my new show, Science People!

I believe we're all science people. We're all capable. We're all bright. It's mmy mission to help you find, see, and nurture your inner scientist.

In my first episode, we'll explore motion!

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What are Momentum and Acceleration?

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Changing speed is different for different things depending on their current speed and size, or their mass.

To understand this, we use something called momentum.

Have you ever been on a roller coaster? They start of slow. You can move around and lean forward in your seat with almost no energy, but when they start to speed up, like at the first drop, you get pushed into the back of your seat until you’ve stopped speeding up.

That change in velocity over time is acceleration.

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