We know helium is less dense than air so helium balloons rise, but why does helium make your voice sound weird when you suck in the helium gas?


Today’s Question by:
Mrs. Thomas’ 4th Hour Class
Midway Middle School
Rigby

Answered by: Alan Jensen
Pharmacy Manager
Sav-on Pharmacy

 

 

Ask-a-Scientist Panel of Experts

Environmental Surveillance, Education and Research Program (ESER)  www.stoller-eser.com

Doug Halford Program Director
Certified Wildlife Biologist - Wildlife Society
Certified Senior Ecologist - Ecological Society of America
Alana Jensen Environmental Educator
Certified Environmental Educator
Roger Blew Land Management Project Manager
Certified Senior Ecologist -Ecological Society of America
Amy Forman Plant Ecologist
Jeremy Shive Biologist
Heidi Hall Biologist
Marilyn Case Environmental Surveillance Project Manager

S. M. Stoller Corp.   www.stoller.com

Randy Haws Environmental Scientist
Roy Woodvine Mechanical Engineer
Russ Mitchell EITC Instructor and Stoller ESER Program Consultant

Idaho Fish and Game  fishandgame.idaho.gov/

Gregg Losinski Regional Conservation Educator

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
www.deq.state.id.us/

Flint Hall Hydrogeologist

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration    www.noaa.inel.gov/

Kirk Clawson Director
Rick Eckman Deputy Director

Museum of Idaho     www.museumofidaho.org

David Pennock Executive Director
Tevye Waite Museum Educator

Idaho Bureau of Land Management    www.id.blm.gov/ 

Sonja Shadow Fire Prevention & Information Specialist

Idaho Falls Astronomical Society                        www.ifastro.org/web/index.php 

Mike Hart Amateur Astronomer, Member of the Idaho Falls Astronomical Society
Brigham Young University - Idaho
Dr. Brian Tonks Department of Physics
Dr. Glenn Embree Department of Geology
Idaho State University
Dr. Heath Ogden Department of Biological Sciences

INL Cultural Resource Management Office     www.inl.gov

Clayton Marler Archaeologist
Dino Lowrey Archaeologist

Idaho National Laboratory     www.inl.gov

Gus Caffrey Physicist
Phil Sharpe Physicist
Mike Pope Physicist
Mike Ferrer Physicist
Steve Herring Physicist
Harold McFarlane Physicist
Kevin Young Physicist
Steve Aumeier Physicist
Ali Siahpush Physicist

Craters of the Moon National Monument       www.nps.gov/crmo/

Doug Owen Park Ranger (Interpretation)/Park Geologist
Eastern Idaho Public Health District
Tammy Cox Tammy Cox, RN, Division Director

Southeast Idaho Master Gardeners

Sandy Studley Master Gardner
Portneuf Valley Audubon Society                  www.pvaudubon.org
Chuck Trost Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus, ISU, and
Field Trip Chair, Portneuf Valley Audubon Society
Snake River  Audubon Society                  www.pvaudubon.org
Mark Delwiche President
Sav-on Pharmacy
Alan Jensen, RPh Pharmacy Manager