Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman January 3, 2015

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Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
January 3, 2015
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
Why are dolphins considered the smartest animals?
Which animals do you feel are the the smartest?
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
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Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
Why are dolphins considered the smartest animals?
Which animals do you feel are the the smartest?
Humans
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Keith Hellman
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Why are dolphins considered the smartest animals?
Which animals do you feel are the the smartest?
Humans
Apes, Monkeys
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Why are dolphins considered the smartest animals?
Which animals do you feel are the the smartest?
Humans
Apes, Monkeys
Cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises, smaller whales)
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Keith Hellman
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Why are dolphins considered the smartest animals?
Which animals do you feel are the the smartest?
Humans
Apes, Monkeys
Cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises, smaller whales)
Dogs and Cats?
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What are the characteristics of the smartest animals?
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What are the characteristics of the smartest animals?
Written language
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What are the characteristics of the smartest animals?
Written language
The use and fashioning of tools
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Keith Hellman
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What are the characteristics of the smartest animals?
Written language
The use and fashioning of tools
Ability to learn a symbolic language
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Not Quite in the Same League as ”Us”
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Not Quite in the Same League as ”Us”
Parrots and ravens have an aptitude for problem solving
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Not Quite in the Same League as ”Us”
Parrots and ravens have an aptitude for problem solving
Octopuses have an impressive memory
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Not Quite in the Same League as ”Us”
Parrots and ravens have an aptitude for problem solving
Octopuses have an impressive memory
Most cetaceans have a larger cerebral cortex than
humans, is our criteria for ”smart” fair?
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Why is it when you suck helium, your voice sounds funny?
How does our voice work?
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Keith Hellman
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Why is it when you suck helium, your voice sounds funny?
How does our voice work?
Force air out our lungs past our vocal chords
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
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Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
Why is it when you suck helium, your voice sounds funny?
How does our voice work?
Force air out our lungs past our vocal chords
Vocal chords vibrate (controlled by the muscles of our
voice box for pitch)
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
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Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
Why is it when you suck helium, your voice sounds funny?
How does our voice work?
Force air out our lungs past our vocal chords
Vocal chords vibrate (controlled by the muscles of our
voice box for pitch)
Much like a plucked guitar string, a sound is created
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
Why is it when you suck helium, your voice sounds funny?
How does our voice work?
Force air out our lungs past our vocal chords
Vocal chords vibrate (controlled by the muscles of our
voice box for pitch)
Much like a plucked guitar string, a sound is created
This sound resonates in our throat and mouth as a standing
wave
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
Why is it when you suck helium, your voice sounds funny?
How does our voice work?
Force air out our lungs past our vocal chords
Vocal chords vibrate (controlled by the muscles of our
voice box for pitch)
Much like a plucked guitar string, a sound is created
This sound resonates in our throat and mouth as a standing
wave
We can control this sound further by changing the shape of
the chamber it resonates in – how?
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
Why is it when you suck helium, your voice sounds funny?
How does our voice work?
Force air out our lungs past our vocal chords
Vocal chords vibrate (controlled by the muscles of our
voice box for pitch)
Much like a plucked guitar string, a sound is created
This sound resonates in our throat and mouth as a standing
wave
We can control this sound further by changing the shape of
the chamber it resonates in – how? Lips, Tongue, Mouth
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Standing Waves
Animation of Standing Wave
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Standing Waves
Animation of Standing Wave
Where is the wavelength?
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Standing Waves
Animation of Standing Wave
Where is the wavelength?
Where is the frequency?
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Standing Waves
Animation of Standing Wave
Where is the wavelength?
Where is the frequency?
If the wave travels faster, what happens to the frequency?
If the wave travels slower, what happens to the frequency?
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Standing Waves
Animation of Standing Wave
Where is the wavelength?
Where is the frequency?
If the wave travels faster, what happens to the frequency?
If the wave travels slower, what happens to the frequency?
Do different frequencies sound different? How?
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Speed of Sound in Helium
Sound travels at 330 m/s in air, and 900 m/s in Helium.
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Speed of Sound in Helium
Sound travels at 330 m/s in air, and 900 m/s in Helium.
What do you think will happen?
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How can some birds copy what you say but other animals
can only make a few sounds?
Unlike humans, parrots do not have:
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Keith Hellman
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How can some birds copy what you say but other animals
can only make a few sounds?
Unlike humans, parrots do not have:
vocal cords,
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
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Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How can some birds copy what you say but other animals
can only make a few sounds?
Unlike humans, parrots do not have:
vocal cords,
lips,
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How can some birds copy what you say but other animals
can only make a few sounds?
Unlike humans, parrots do not have:
vocal cords,
lips,
the same type of tongue or mouth
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How can some birds copy what you say but other animals
can only make a few sounds?
Still, they change the sound they are making by altering the
where the sound resonates.
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How can some birds copy what you say but other animals
can only make a few sounds?
Still, they change the sound they are making by altering the
chamber where the sound resonates.
How do you think they do this?
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
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Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How can some birds copy what you say but other animals
can only make a few sounds?
Parrots learn to control the movement of the muscles in the
throat to alter the sound they are producing – other birds don’t
have this ...
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
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Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How can some birds copy what you say but other animals
can only make a few sounds?
Parrots learn to control the movement of the muscles in the
throat to alter the sound they are producing – other birds don’t
have this ... ADAPTION.
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How is a waterspout created?
A cousin of the Tornado:
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How is a waterspout created?
A cousin of the Tornado:
Formed when cold air passes over warmer water
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Waterspouts
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How is a waterspout created?
A cousin of the Tornado:
Formed when cold air passes over warmer water
Begins as a swirling mist
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Waterspouts
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How is a waterspout created?
A cousin of the Tornado:
Formed when cold air passes over warmer water
Begins as a swirling mist
Eventually accompanied by a downward funnel of an
overhead cumulus cloud
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Keith Hellman
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Waterspouts
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Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How is a waterspout created?
A cousin of the Tornado:
Formed when cold air passes over warmer water
Begins as a swirling mist
Eventually accompanied by a downward funnel of an
overhead cumulus cloud
“Mature” when the funnel cloud reaches the water
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Keith Hellman
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How is a waterspout created?
Can last upto 20 minutes and have diameters of 15 to 50
meters with winds > 95 km/hr
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How is a waterspout created?
Sometimes seen in “families” of 2 or more
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How is a waterspout created?
Dangerous! They’ve been known to knock down shoreland
trees, blow people off boats and capsize small vessels
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How is a waterspout created?
When should you visit Upper Michigan to see water spouts?
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If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t
people evolving now?
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If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t
people evolving now?
What is evolution?
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If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t
people evolving now?
What is evolution?
Adaptions
Natural Selection
Variation in the Gene Pool
through any mechanism
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If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t
people evolving now?
Can we stop our gene pool from changing?
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Keith Hellman
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If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t
people evolving now?
Can we stop our gene pool from changing?
No - some changes are cultural and environmental
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Keith Hellman
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If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t
people evolving now?
Can we stop our gene pool from changing?
No - some changes are cultural and environmental
Even Bigger No - many changes are due to the natural course
of imperfect cellular division
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If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t
people evolving now?
Where is the evidence?
Can we “see” human evolution take place?
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How do black holes start? What do they do?
How are black holes created?
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Black Holes
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How do black holes start? What do they do?
How are black holes created?
Einstein hypothesized their existance through the Theory
of Relativity in the 1905s
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Keith Hellman
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Black Holes
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How do black holes start? What do they do?
How are black holes created?
Einstein hypothesized their existance through the Theory
of Relativity in the 1905s
In 1920 Chandrasekhar developed an equation that
predicted how stars died based on their radius and solar
mass
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Keith Hellman
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Black Holes
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How do black holes start? What do they do?
How are black holes created?
Einstein hypothesized their existance through the Theory
of Relativity in the 1905s
In 1920 Chandrasekhar developed an equation that
predicted how stars died based on their radius and solar
mass
Small Chandrasekhar index → white dwarf
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
How are black holes created?
Einstein hypothesized their existance through the Theory
of Relativity in the 1905s
In 1920 Chandrasekhar developed an equation that
predicted how stars died based on their radius and solar
mass
Small Chandrasekhar index → white dwarf
Medium Chandrasekhar index → nuetron star
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
How are black holes created?
Einstein hypothesized their existance through the Theory
of Relativity in the 1905s
In 1920 Chandrasekhar developed an equation that
predicted how stars died based on their radius and solar
mass
Small Chandrasekhar index → white dwarf
Medium Chandrasekhar index → nuetron star
Large Chandrasekhar index → Black Hole
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Keith Hellman
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Black Holes
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How do black holes start? What do they do?
Do they really exist?
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
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Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Do they really exist?
Einstein (and his contemporaries) thought they were just
anamolies of math
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
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Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Do they really exist?
Einstein (and his contemporaries) thought they were just
anamolies of math
Scientists have yet to find a black hole in space
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
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Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Do they really exist?
Einstein (and his contemporaries) thought they were just
anamolies of math
Scientists have yet to find a black hole in space
However
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
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Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Do they really exist?
Einstein (and his contemporaries) thought they were just
anamolies of math
Scientists have yet to find a black hole in space
However
Einstein did not analyse modern astronomical data
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Do they really exist?
Einstein (and his contemporaries) thought they were just
anamolies of math
Scientists have yet to find a black hole in space
However
Einstein did not analyse modern astronomical data
Theory predicts that black hole births emit a massive gamma ray
burst
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Do they really exist?
Einstein (and his contemporaries) thought they were just
anamolies of math
Scientists have yet to find a black hole in space
However
Einstein did not analyse modern astronomical data
Theory predicts that black hole births emit a massive gamma ray
burst
The after effects of a large burst were observed in 1967
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Do they really exist?
Einstein (and his contemporaries) thought they were just
anamolies of math
Scientists have yet to find a black hole in space
However
Einstein did not analyse modern astronomical data
Theory predicts that black hole births emit a massive gamma ray
burst
The after effects of a large burst were observed in 1967
... three days ago all that changed
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Keith Hellman
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How do black holes start? What do they do?
May 9, 2005 12:52 AM
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How do black holes start? What do they do?
May 9, 2005 12:52 AM
NASA’s orbiting Swift satellite telescope detected a large
gamma ray burst ...
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Keith Hellman
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Black Holes
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How do black holes start? What do they do?
May 9, 2005 12:52 AM
NASA’s orbiting Swift satellite telescope detected a large
gamma ray burst ...
... followed by a faint bust of visible light
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
May 9, 2005 12:52 AM
NASA’s orbiting Swift satellite telescope detected a large
gamma ray burst ...
... followed by a faint bust of visible light
The satellite automatically spun around to image the area in
more detail and detected an X-Ray afterglow that lasted
only minutes
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Keith Hellman
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Black Holes
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How do black holes start? What do they do?
May 9, 2005 12:52 AM
NASA’s orbiting Swift satellite telescope detected a large
gamma ray burst ...
... followed by a faint bust of visible light
The satellite automatically spun around to image the area in
more detail and detected an X-Ray afterglow that lasted
only minutes
Within hours, numerous earth bound telescopes had been
repositioned to image that area of the night sky
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Keith Hellman
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How do black holes start? What do they do?
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Three bursts of energy: gamma rays, visible light, then
X-Rays
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Three bursts of energy: gamma rays, visible light, then
X-Rays
Theory says these mark the birth of black holes by two
colliding nuetron stars
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Three bursts of energy: gamma rays, visible light, then
X-Rays
Theory says these mark the birth of black holes by two
colliding nuetron stars
Scientists estimate the birth is 2.2 Billion light years away –
what does this mean?
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Three bursts of energy: gamma rays, visible light, then
X-Rays
Theory says these mark the birth of black holes by two
colliding nuetron stars
Scientists estimate the birth is 2.2 Billion light years away –
what does this mean?
What do you name a new black hole?
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
Three bursts of energy: gamma rays, visible light, then
X-Rays
Theory says these mark the birth of black holes by two
colliding nuetron stars
Scientists estimate the birth is 2.2 Billion light years away –
what does this mean?
What do you name a new black hole? GRB050509b
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What are black holes and what do they do?
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What are black holes and what do they do?
Very strong sources of gravitational energy
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What are black holes and what do they do?
Very strong sources of gravitational energy
What sort of things are pulled by gravity
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What are black holes and what do they do?
Very strong sources of gravitational energy
What sort of things are pulled by gravity
So strong that not even light can escape their pull.
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Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What happens to light when it is pulled into a black hole?
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What happens to light when it is pulled into a black hole?
The light photons loose energy and shift color to orange ...
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What happens to light when it is pulled into a black hole?
The light photons loose energy and shift color to orange ...
then to red ...
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What happens to light when it is pulled into a black hole?
The light photons loose energy and shift color to orange ...
then to red ...
then we can’t see them anymore because they cannot
reach our eye!
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
How would something look if it was pulled into a black hole?
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
How would something look if it was pulled into a black hole?
We don’t see objects – we see the light emitted or reflected
from them.
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
How would something look if it was pulled into a black hole?
We don’t see objects – we see the light emitted or reflected
from them.
First the object would appear to slow down as it reached
the black hole’s event horizon
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
How would something look if it was pulled into a black hole?
We don’t see objects – we see the light emitted or reflected
from them.
First the object would appear to slow down as it reached
the black hole’s event horizon
Then it would glow orange ...
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
How would something look if it was pulled into a black hole?
We don’t see objects – we see the light emitted or reflected
from them.
First the object would appear to slow down as it reached
the black hole’s event horizon
Then it would glow orange ...
then it would glow red ...
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
How would something look if it was pulled into a black hole?
We don’t see objects – we see the light emitted or reflected
from them.
First the object would appear to slow down as it reached
the black hole’s event horizon
Then it would glow orange ...
then it would glow red ...
... and then?
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What would happen if flew on a spaceship into a black hole?
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What would happen if flew on a spaceship into a black hole?
We wouldn’t survive!
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What would happen if flew on a spaceship into a black hole?
We wouldn’t survive!
We would not notice anything peculiar until things began to
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What would happen if flew on a spaceship into a black hole?
We wouldn’t survive!
We would not notice anything peculiar until things began to
glow orange ...
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What would happen if flew on a spaceship into a black hole?
We wouldn’t survive!
We would not notice anything peculiar until things began to
glow orange ...
and then glow red ...
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do black holes start? What do they do?
What would happen if flew on a spaceship into a black hole?
We wouldn’t survive!
We would not notice anything peculiar until things began to
glow orange ...
and then glow red ...
... and then?
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do frogs breath through gills when they are tadpoles
and breath through lungs when they are adults?
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do frogs breath through gills when they are tadpoles
and breath through lungs when they are adults?
Metamorphisis!
Mostly a vegetarian, breaths through external gills
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do frogs breath through gills when they are tadpoles
and breath through lungs when they are adults?
Metamorphisis!
Omnivore, can breath air, use internal gills, can move on land
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do frogs breath through gills when they are tadpoles
and breath through lungs when they are adults?
Metamorphisis!
fini
Carnivore, breaths air, moves and lives (mostly) on land
Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5
Keith Hellman
Flipper’s Got a Website
Noble Speech
Parrot Speech
Waterspouts
Beagle Bailey
Black Holes
Tadpoles to Frogs
How do frogs breath through gills when they are tadpoles
and breath through lungs when they are adults?
Not all amphibeans loose their gills, some salamanders have
both lungs & gills all of their lives!
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Keith Hellman
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