Oobleck
Oobleck is a mixture of cornstarch and water that behaves like this type of fluid, changing how it flows depending on force applied.
What is a non-Newtonian fluid?
This kitchen appliance uses electromagnetic waves to heat food quickly.
What is a microwave?
This force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.
What is gravity?
This occurs when light bounces off a surface, like a mirror.
This part of your body has the fastest healing ability and constantly replaces its outer layer.
What is skin?
When you punch or squeeze oobleck quickly, it feels solid because this property of the mixture temporarily increases.
What is viscosity?
This type of wave is used in radar systems to detect objects like airplanes and weather patterns.
What are microwaves?
This force keeps planets moving in curved paths around the Sun instead of flying off in straight lines.
What is gravitational force?
This bending of light happens when it passes from one material into another, like air into water.
What is refraction?
This animal is known for being able to regrow lost limbs, like arms or tails.
What is a starfish?
Oobleck is named after a strange green substance in a book by this children’s author.
Who is Dr. Seuss
Microwaves are part of the spectrum between radio waves and this higher-energy type of radiation.
What are infrared waves?
This scientist developed the law that explains how gravity depends on mass and distance between objects.
Who is Isaac Newton?
Sunglasses often use this technology to reduce glare from reflected light off water or roads.
What is polarization?
This is the only planet in our solar system that rotates on its side.
What is Uranus?
If you leave oobleck alone in a bowl, it behaves more like this state of matter.
What is a liquid?
Microwaves heat food mainly by making these molecules in food rotate and move faster.
What are water molecules?
The acceleration due to gravity or "g" is approximately this number on earth.
9.81 m/s2
This is the term for the spreading of light as it passes through a small opening.
What is diffraction?
This is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
What is mercury?
Unlike water, oobleck does not have a constant viscosity, meaning it changes depending on this factor.
What is applied force (or stress)?
The heat produced in a microwave comes from converting wave energy into this form of energy in the food.
What is thermal energy?
These are the regular rising and falling of ocean water caused mainly by the Moon’s gravity.
What are tides?
This is the part of visible light that determines what color we see.
What is wavelength?
Humans share 50% of their DNA with this fruit.
What is a banana?