The Heat is on
Ice that Cheats
Balloon Powered by Science
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This kind of energy is all about temperature

What is thermal energy?

200

The gas dry ice becomes

What is carbon dioxide?

200

This item inflates without lung power

What is a balloon?

400

Heat only travels in this direction

What is from hot to cold?

400

KID-TRAP ROUND

Can I touch it?


Best Answer Wins

Good Example Response: No — it’s extremely cold and can hurt your skin.

400

KID TRAP ROUND

Can we breathe that gas?

Best Answer Wins

Good Example Response: No, we don't breathe carbon dioxide.

600

What happens when hot and cold meet

What is objects become warm as heat flows from hot to cold?

600

Why fog spills out like a science horror movie

What is because cold carbon dioxide gas cools the air, turning water vapor into tiny droplets we see as fog.

600

Why cold water ruins the fun

What is because there is not enough heat to sublimate the dry ice fast enough to blow up the balloon?

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The fancy name for “same temperature, finally”

What is thermal equilibrium?

800

Where dry ice steals energy from

What is dry ice take heat from warm water and air around it?

800

Heat turning into this kind of energy

What is mechanical energy?

1000

KID-TRAP ROUND

Cold is the opposite of heat.

Best Answer Wins


Good Example Response: Cold just means there’s less heat energy.

1000

The name of its solid-to-gas escape move

What is sublimation?

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The invisible force doing the work?

What is gas pressure from the carbon dioxide?

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