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Thursday, 22 January 2015

World Most Ugliest Animal !!!

I am sure that everybody here loves animal!!! Just like cat, dog, hamster, fish.... you can name it. But why? Because there are cute. However, in today topics we are going to talk about.  

 

                               



What is the most ugliest animal in the world?

But remember although they're ugly, don't hate them. Now, the most ugliest animal in the world


Here you are, cool right? No? This fellow here is call a blobfish.

Blobfish

The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a deep sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, as well as the waters of New Zealand.
Blobfish are shorter than 30 cm. They live 600 and 1,200 m (2,000 and 3,900 ft) below sea level where the pressure is several times higher than at sea level, The flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. Its relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats in front of it such as deep-ocean crustaceans.

Impressed right? However, there is a recent news about blobfish. A bad one!

Blobfish often been caught and causing now they are classified as endangered species by scientist.

So, what I have told you? Even though blobfish is ugly, they don’t deserve to die! We must preserve flora and fauna in any kind. I hope you enjoy and have a good day.



Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Is it a solid or a liquid?

Today question is easy to understand but kinda hard to answer

Is toothpaste a solid or a liquid?

Easy, right? NO!!! Ok, let's us recap the properties of solid and liquid.

Solid:

1) Have a fixed shape and volume
2) Not easily compressible 
3) Does not flow easily
Microscopic view of a solid.Particles in solid

4) Particles are tightly packed, usually in a regular pattern.
5) Particles vibrate (jiggle) but generally do not move from place to place.

Liquid:

1) Assumes the shape of the part of the container which it occupies 
2) Not easily compressible
3) Flows easily 
Microscopic view of a liquid.Particles in liquid

4) Particles are close together with no regular arrangement.
5) Particles vibrate, move about, and slide past each other.

Now the question still remains. Is toothpaste a solid or a liquid? If it's a solid, it should have a fixed shape instead of following the shape of the toothpaste tube. If it's a liquid, it should flow out by itself , but we need to push the toothpaste out. Well, it's neither a solid nor a liquid, it's a non newtonian fluid, bingham plastic for exact.

Non newtonian fluid are categorise into three major type, just like matter.

  • Shear thickening fluid
  • Shear thinning fluid
  • Bingham plastic

Shear thickening fluid

The viscosity (thickness) of these fluid change according to the rate of force act on it (Just like stirring). 
For example: Corn starch and water / Sand and water
When we stir the mixture above slowly (low rate of force), the mixture is like liquid. However when we stir vigorously (high rate of force), the mixture act like solid.
Corn starch and water 

Shear thinning fluid

It's a total opposite of shear thickening fluid. That's all I can say.
For example: Hair gel
When we pour the hair gel (low rate of force), it act more like solid cause it hardily flows. However when we rub it between our fingers vigorously (high rate of force), it act more like liquid cause it's easy to rub.
Hair gel


Bingham fluid

These fluids have constant viscosity, but the viscosity is different from solid, liquid and gas.
For example: Molten chocolate syrup
No matter how we stir the syrup, it's still be the same thickness. But it doesn't like liquid

So now the conclusion is "Toothpaste is a Bingham fluid which is a non newtonian fluid." Now we can call it a day! Thanks for paying attention.







Friday, 31 October 2014

Sooooo Tired!!

Sorry everybody!!! I have not die. I just need a big recovery after some big tests that my stupid teachers give. But still I'm BACK!!




Today Special:

Chemical symbol for household things.

Here are some chemical symbols for household things.

Salt- NaCl
Sugar- C6H12O6
Borax- Na2B4O7
Vinegar- Usually CH3COOH
Baking Soda/Baking Powder- NaHCO3
Soap- Usually NaOH
Toothpaste- MgOH2
Lemon juice- C6H8O7
Egg Shells- CaCO3
Pepper-C17H19NO3

(Reference)
(Na- Sodium), (Cl- Chlorine), (C- Carbon)
(H- Hydrogen), (O- Oxygen)
(OH- Hydroxide), (N- Nitrogen)

This is part 1 of Chemistry in the house! In the next part, I will be telling you about some household chemistry you can do! So, get your notebook and jot them down. Feel free to write comment below. Bye!!!!


Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Plants will always stare at you....

Let's start this with a story. 

             By the time, you reached the swamp in a gigantic jungle, you feel something creepy. When you turn your body to the right, you see a plant with many eyes seeing you just like the plant below....


OK, OK, I will stop fooling around but there is a plant just like the one above is called the "Doll's Eyes" plant.

Doll's Eyes plant

Doll's eyes plant or its scientific name called Actaea pachypoda.  It's a flowering plant and the doll's eyes that we see are berry, white baneberry for exact. It can be 50cm tall or more (1 1/2 feet tall and nearly 3 feet wide) and its leaves can up to 40cm long and 30cm wide ( Wow! This big!). The whole plant is danger to us or humans, especially the berries. The berries contains cardiogenic toxins whixh can effect our cardiac muscle tissue. However, the berries are harmless to birds, the plant's primary seed dispersers.


There is all I got about this plant so I hope you enjoy. Feel free to leave a comment. So, thanks and goodbye.

Saturday, 27 September 2014

Hot n Cold

Me: Hi, Everybody! Welcome to another chemistry post. I have a surprise in this post!

???: Hey master! I have got your things for the experiment that you want for your blog!

Me: Robbie!  You have ruined the blog already!!!!! Ok, you all know what the surprise is, right? So, I will hand over this experiment to my trusty computer, Robbie

Robbie: ;.)

Experiment for today

For this experiment, you will need prepare
  • Three beakers
  • Hot water
  • Cold water
  • warm water
  • AND YOUR BARE HANDS
 And here is the steps:
  1. Label the three beaker as Beaker A, Beaker B and Beaker C.
  2. Pour hot water in Beaker A
  3. Pour warm water in Beaker B
  4. Pour cold water in Beaker C
  5. Now, put your left hand into Beaker A and put your right hand in Beaker C
  6. After 2 minutes, put both hands into Beaker B.
Observation: When you put both hands into Beaker B, your left will feel cold while your right hand will feel could.

Me (walking by): Ok! Go doing your chores now and leave explanation for me.

Robbie: :.(

Define Hot n Cold

A lot people will say that the hotness or the coldness of an object is depend to the temperature. However from the experiment, how can we feel cold and hot in a same temperature water. That means the temperature doesn't really shows the hot or cold.

So, what is hot and cold? 

How hot you are is depend on how much temperature has you increase and vice versa


Part 1: How hot you are is depend on how much temperature has you increase and vice versa.

Still based on the experiment, why we will feel hot and cold in the same water. Let's see the experiment again. 

Left hand
 Ex: the hot water is 30°C and the warm water is 23°C.. So, the difference of temperature is 7°C and the temperature from Beaker A to B has decreased. So, we will feel cold.

Right Hand
 Ex: the warm water is 23°C and the cold water is 16°C.. So, the difference of temperature is 7°C and the temperature from Beaker B to C has increased. So, we will feel hot.

So, that means when the temperature of an object increased more, the object will get more hotter. Same as cold as well. When the temperature of an object decreased more, the object will get more colder.

Robbie: You're hot then cold, you're yes then you're no, you're in then you're out, you're up then you're down. 

Me: Robbie stop singing is annoying

Robbie: Double :.(

This is the end of the post. Feel free to comment about this posts. So, see you soon. Bye.

Thursday, 25 September 2014

The Law Of LAW

In this Science of SCIENCE posts, I will be covering "The Law Of LAW". The laws are actually very easy. So, stick with me and we will travel one of the law, actually is there are three. However, we will still need to know the person who invented ----Isaac Newton

Portrait of man in black with shoulder-length, wavy brown hair, a large sharp nose, and a distracted gaze

Isaac Newton

  Isaac Newton was born 25 December 1642 at Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He had given a lot of contributions on Mathematics ,Physics ,Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Alchemy and Christian Theology Economics (but we will focus on physics today). He died at the aged of 84 (20 March 1726) at Kensington, Middlesex, England, Great Britain.

Now the law part, There are three main law that we are going to focus

  • Newton First Law Of Motion
  • Newton Second Law of Motion
  • Newton Third Law of Motion
Let's go back to the drawing block.

Newton First Law Of Motion

  Newton First Law of Motion is talking about inertia. What is inertia? Let's me back to basics. When Issac Newton invented this law, he said "When a thing is moving, it will be going in a straight line." However, there is a thing say this is wrong. Because frictional force and gravity will slow things down. So still, what is inertia? Inertia happened when a object is travelling at a speed and suddenly stop by a force. You will see that the object move forward a bit. This is inertia.

Application

  
  When the bus moves and suddenly stops, the people in the bus will move front.

Newton Second Law Of Motion

  We will learn about A Formula which is 

F=m*a

F (Net Force)

m (Mass)

a (Acceleration)

   It will explain what is net force and acceleration. Net force is the total force that act on an object while acceleration is how fast or slow an object is. And another thing, if a thing falls from midair, its acceleration is 10 m/s2.

Application

The student at the right use more force than the student at the left. It is because the heavier the stone, the more force is used to pull the stone.

 Newton Third Law Of Motion

  In this law, it's just talking about the force that act upon an object and the opposite force, Don't understand? Ok! let me break down. It's just like this. if you push a thing, there you be a pull force equal to the push force.

Application

  
When you punch the wall harder, you will feel more pain. It's because the force you puch on the wall is equal to the force that act on your hand.

Here you are! the three law of motion from Isaac Newton. I hope you will enjoy this post. Feel free to comment below. So, bye.

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Is it a squirrel? Is it a monkey?

I found interesting when I saw it at my national zoo. So, I do some researches on it and here's the results.

Squirrel Monkey


So, when i saw this little fellow at the zoo, I stared at it for a long time. I was thinking that is it a squirrel or a monkey. But, we can apparently see that it is a monkey. And here's the researched that I found in these two days.

Physical Description

  Squirrel monkeys have short fur and usually the fur are olive colour at the shoulder and yellowish orange colour at the back. Their throat and ears are white while their mouth are black in colour. And due to their white and black face, they have a name called "death's head monkey". They can be 25 until 35 cm tall. The male squirrel monkey can weigh as much as 750 to 1100 kg while the female can weigh as much as 500 to 750 kg. They also have a long , hairy tail that can be 35 to 42 cm long.

Behaviour and Ecology

Squirrel Monkey and New World Monkey

  The squirrel monkeys are just like the New World monkey, they are both diurnal ( activity at the day and sleep at the night) and arboreal (usually like to be on the tree). However, they are still some difference between squirrel monkey and the New World monkey. Unlike the New World monkey, squirrel monkeys don't use their tails for climbing, instead they used it as a tool for balance. Furthermore, they can move rapidly between branches to branches.

Home Making

  They love to live in a large group until it contains an amount of 500 monkeys! That will be so cute! This is useful because they can use their voice to warn other monkeys from falcon. For marking territory (home), they usually rub urine on their tail and body.

Eating Habits

  Squirrel monkeys are omnivores. They eating primarily fruits and insects. They will also eat seeds, flowers, leaves etc.

I think that's all I can get. I don't really want to write about the giving birth for female, but if you are interested with it, you can check it on the wikipedia.

I hope you enjoy this posts. I don't know should I keep it short, so leave a comment below for suggestion. I think here the end, I will see you in the next posts, bye.