MOVIES IN SCIENCE
In this animated film, characters represent emotions inside the brain, accurately portraying memory storage and emotional development.
What is Inside Out?
This term refers to the frequency of sound waves, measured in Hertz, which determines the pitch of a musical note
What is frequency?
Persistent chest pain, shortness of breath, sweating, and nausea, especially during physical exertion.
What is Coronary Artery Disease (or a Heart Attack)?
When combining vinegar and baking soda, this chemical reaction produces bubbles of this gas, commonly used in elementary science demonstrations.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
This phenomenon, which occurs when light changes direction as it passes from one medium to another, explains why a straw looks bent in water.
What is refraction?
This 1985 movie features a scientist who creates a time-traveling DeLorean car, allowing characters to travel to the past and future
What is Back to the Future?
This hormone, sometimes called the 'feel-good hormone,' is released when we listen to music we enjoy, making us feel happier
What is dopamine?
Symptoms include high fever, chills, sweating, and cycles of fever every 48–72 hours. It is often transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical regions.
What is Malaria?
When sodium and chlorine gases react in a synthesis reaction, this common ionic compound forms as white crystals.
What is sodium chloride?
This property of matter resists changes to an object's state of motion, as described by Newton's First Law.
What is inertia?
This superhero movie character can shrink down to atomic scales, a feat explained in part by quantum mechanics in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Who is Ant-Man?
This physical concept, related to volume, is defined as the amount of energy per unit area carried by a sound wave
What is amplitude?
Persistent cough, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and wheezing are symptoms that often worsen with triggers like exercise or allergens.
What is Asthma?
This salt forms when sulfuric acid reacts with potassium hydroxide in a neutralization reaction.
What is Potassium Sulphate?
This temperature scale sets absolute zero as its lowest point, making it ideal for scientific measurements.
What is the Kelvin scale?
This 2009 film, directed by James Cameron, explores the conflict over natural resources on the alien moon Pandora, home to the Na'vi people.
What is Avatar?
This part of the ear is crucial for detecting sound vibrations and transmitting them to the brain, allowing us to perceive music
What is the cochlea?
Fatigue, weight gain, cold intolerance, and dry skin are symptoms caused by an underactive thyroid.
What is hypothyroidism?
During the electrolysis of molten sodium chloride, this yellow green gas forms at the anode and is widely used in disinfectants
What is chlorine?
A force similar to what you feel when you finally tell yourself to stop mindlessly scrolling and put your phone away to touch your textbook and start studying.
What is friction?
In this 2009 science-fiction thriller, a wealthy scientist clones himself to extend his life, raising ethical questions about human cloning.
What is The Island?
This part of the brain processes rhythm and timing, making it responsible for why you can keep up with the beat when dancing to a song.
What is the cerebellum?
Symptoms include intense sadness, loss of interest in activities, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating, lasting for weeks or longer.
What is Depression?
In the fermentation of glucose, yeast produces this compound, a key ingredient in alcoholic beverages.
What is ethanol?
A relatable example for this well-known principle is your motivation during finals week. It hasn’t just disappeared, instead transformed into something you can’t really figure out.
What is the law of conservation of energy?