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C olor is something present in everyday life we always see but quite rarely think about deeply. Color, or colour is a phenomenon of light or a visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects.  Basically, it is a phemomenon of light that allows us to differentiate things that have the same shape and volume. Color physically is an electromagnetic radiation of a certain range of wavelengths visible to the human eye. Let's break that statement down. The adjective "electromagnetic" describes an electrical and magnetic force or effect that is produced by an electric current. Radiation is another word we hear a lot, and it is the transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles. So we now know color is a transmission of energy through a wave and also is electromagnetic. There is a range of wavelengths. The range of color wavelengths go from high to low energy and are 400-about 700 nanometers long. 

 Hello! I'm going to start recyling past ideas from former polls. What's temperature? We know "hot", "cold", "warm", and "cool", but what are these things scientifically? Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is. Something to remember is coldness does not exist alone, it is the absence of hotness. But what's hotness? Heat is a form of energy that is transferred beteeen two substances. Also, the hotter the something is, its atoms move faster and vibrate faster (as heat is a form of energy). Heat flows and is transferred to colder objects.  Temperature is often forgotten and just said to be heat and coldness, when its a bit more interesting than that. 

Hello! I took the air quality idea from one of last week's suggestions. We'll talk about, * what is air quality * how to measure it Air quality can be defined as the degree to which the air is suitable or clean enough for humans or the environment, typically to breathe. What makes air quality bad are harmful substances and pollutants in the air, often a result of human activity.  There are six major airborne pollutants, that is ground level ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matter. When theres air pollution, it means there is a bad amount of these airborne pollutants in the air. To measure it we use something called the AQI, or air quality index. It measures air quality in a numerical system: If it is considered 0-50, the air quality is satisfactory and poses no risk. This is considered "good". If it is considered 51-100, the air quality is acceptable and poses risks only to certain people. This is considered "moderate...

Hello! Today's science blog is about the classifications of clouds. We have already learned about the classifications of living things previously but now we're doing the classifications of non-living things: clouds. But what are clouds? They are masses of condensed water vapor in the atmosphere and they have garnered some attention. In the 1800s, they were classified, shortly after people classified animals and plants. They are classified from elevation and appearance. There are three main levels of elevation: high, middle, and low, and ten main types of clouds, but each of them has even deeper species classifications. But we'll focus on the big ten. High Level 1.   Cirrus Cirrus clouds  are the highest of the clouds in terms of elevation. The Cirrus kind of cloud is wispy and feathery, and cannot produce rain. Cloud types that can produce rain have the prefix or suffix "nimbo" or "nimbus". 2. Cirrocumulus The cirrocumulus cloud is akin to the cirrus clo...