Magnetism
The two poles (ends) of a magnet.
What is north and south?
Plastic is made from these.
What is petroleum (crude oil) or natural gas?
A weight of less than one gram.
What is the lightest a drone can weigh?
A laboratory technique used to separate components in a mixture.
What is chromatography?
The affect nanoplastics has on plants.
What is the uptake of toxic chemicals by plants, potentially impacting the food chain?
This happens when you bring two LIKE poles of magnets together, such as north to north.
What is repel (or push away)?
Tiny plastic particles smaller than 1 micrometer, invisible to the naked eye.
What are nanoplastics?
By programmming hundreds to thousands of LED-equipped drones to fly in synchronized patterns.
How do drone light show creaters create images in the sky?
A mobile phase (the moving of the substance) and a stationary phase (the unmoving paper).
What are the two (2) phases of chromatography?
The needle of a compass is a small magnet, and it aligns with the Earth's magnetic field, pointing towards the magnetic north pole.
What is the reason a compass points north?
The area around a magnet where forces can be felt.
What is a magnetic field?
Besides water bottles, people can be exposed to nanoplastics by these items (name at least 2).
What is dust? Synthetic clothing? Food packaging? Throw away plastic cups, plates, utensils?
The more expensive of the two - a fireworks display or a drone light show?
What are drone shows? Drone light shows can average $40,000 to $100,000. Firework displays average only $7,000 to $20,000.
Color
What does the prefix "chrom(o)-" mean in chromatography?
Coffee filter paper or paper towels.
What can one use at home that is suitable for paper chromatograhy?
Materials attracted to magnets.
What are ferromagnetic materials?
An environmental concern related to plastic use (name at least one).
What is pollution from burning? Landfill waste? Potential leaching of chemicals into food and water?
Two kinds of technology required to coordinate a drone light show.
What are computers? GPS? Real-time communication systems? and Computer programming?
It helps to identify unknown substances like ink, drugs, or toxins, and can help solve crimes.
Why is chromatography useful in forensic science?
The unit of magnetic field strength.
What is a Tesla (T)?
Two elements attracted to magnets.
What are (name 2) Iron, Nickel, Cobalt, or Steel?
About a credit card's worth.
What is the amount of microplastics and nanoplastics we consume each week?
An environmental benefit of drone light shows over fireworks displays (Name one benefit).
What is drones do not produce smoke, start fires, cause chemical pollution, or pollution from debris?
The origin line in paper chromatography must be drawn in ______________, because it is insoluble in water/alcohol and will not travel upward.
What is pencil?
Magnetism is caused by the ___________ of electric charges.
What is movement?