Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs 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 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? Humans 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? Humans Apes, Monkeys 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? Humans Apes, Monkeys Cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises, smaller whales) 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? Humans Apes, Monkeys Cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises, smaller whales) Dogs and Cats? Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs What are the characteristics of the smartest animals? Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs What are the characteristics of the smartest animals? Written language Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs What are the characteristics of the smartest animals? Written language The use and fashioning of tools Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs What are the characteristics of the smartest animals? Written language The use and fashioning of tools Ability to learn a symbolic language Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs Not Quite in the Same League as ”Us” Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs Not Quite in the Same League as ”Us” Parrots and ravens have an aptitude for problem solving Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs Not Quite in the Same League as ”Us” Parrots and ravens have an aptitude for problem solving Octopuses have an impressive memory Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs 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? 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? 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 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) 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 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? 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? Lips, Tongue, Mouth Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs Standing Waves Animation of 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 Standing Waves Animation of Standing Wave Where is the wavelength? Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs Standing Waves Animation of Standing Wave Where is the wavelength? Where is the frequency? Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs 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? Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs 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? Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs Speed of Sound in Helium Sound travels at 330 m/s in air, and 900 m/s in Helium. Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs 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? 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 can some birds copy what you say but other animals can only make a few sounds? Unlike humans, parrots do not have: 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 can some birds copy what you say but other animals can only make a few sounds? Unlike humans, parrots do not have: vocal cords, 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 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, 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 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 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 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. 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 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? 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 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 ... 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 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. 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 is a waterspout created? A cousin of the Tornado: 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 is a waterspout created? A cousin of the Tornado: Formed when cold air passes over warmer water 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 is a waterspout created? A cousin of the Tornado: Formed when cold air passes over warmer water Begins as a swirling mist 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 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 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 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 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 is a waterspout created? Can last upto 20 minutes and have diameters of 15 to 50 meters with winds > 95 km/hr 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 is a waterspout created? Sometimes seen in “families” of 2 or more 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 is a waterspout created? Dangerous! They’ve been known to knock down shoreland trees, blow people off boats and capsize small vessels 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 is a waterspout created? When should you visit Upper Michigan to see water spouts? Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t people evolving now? Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t people evolving now? What is evolution? Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs 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 Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t people evolving now? Can we stop our gene pool from changing? Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs 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 Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs 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 Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman Flipper’s Got a Website Noble Speech Parrot Speech Waterspouts Beagle Bailey Black Holes Tadpoles to Frogs If scientists say humans evolved from apes, why aren’t people evolving now? Where is the evidence? Can we “see” human evolution take place? 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? 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 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 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 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 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 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? 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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? May 9, 2005 12:52 AM 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? May 9, 2005 12:52 AM NASA’s orbiting Swift satellite telescope detected a large gamma ray burst ... 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? 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 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? 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 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? 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 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? 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 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 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? 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 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 So strong that not even light can escape their pull. 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? 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! Ask Mr. Hellman – Part 5 Keith Hellman