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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 |
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Ask the Scientist Archive
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September
18, 2007 |
How fast
can a pronghorn antelope run? (Answered by Alana Jensen,
ESER) |
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September
25, 2007 |
When I was
walking in a park this September, I noticed there were
pinecones in the tops of the trees, but not at the
bottom. Why? (Answered by Amy Forman, ESER) |
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October 2,
2007 |
Why is it
colder in Idaho Falls than in Pocatello? (Answered by
Kirk Clawson, NOAA) |
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October
9, 2007 |
What
happens to plants in our garden when it frosts? Why
doesn’t the frost hurt other plants? (Answered by Roger
Blew, ESER) |
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October
16, 2007 |
How many
meteorites have hit Idaho? (Answered by Mike Hart,
Amateur Astronomer, Member of the Idaho Falls
Astronomical Society) |
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October
23, 2007 |
How many
stomachs doe the following big game animals have:
bison, moose, elk, deer, and pronghorn antelope?
(Answered by Gregg Losinski, Idaho Fish and Game) |
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October 30, 2007 |
How many
years do trees have to be growing before they start
leaving annual rings in their xylem? Also, will tropical
trees have annual rings, since there are no seasons?
(Answered by Roger Blew and Amy Forman, Stoller ESER
Program) |
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November
6, 2007 |
What are
the best insects that I should capture and keep as pets.
How long do the best insects live? What can I feed them
and are there any that can live together without
fighting? (Answered by Sandy Studley, Advanced Master Gardener,
Bonneville County Master Gardeners ) |
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November 13, 2007 |
How do
boats float? (Answered by Randy Haws,
Environmental Scientist, Stoller Corp.) |
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November
20, 2007 |
Why is lava
rock one of the strongest surfaces you can build on top
of? Why does lava not melt deep into the surface of the
earth and then just get covered with dirt and grass like
everything else?
Are there any volcanoes in southeastern Idaho? What is
Craters of the Moon? (Answered by Doug Owen, Craters of
the Moon National Monument and Preserve) |
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December
6, 2007 |
I've
noticed a decline in sparrows around town. Does anyone
monitor bird numbers in SE Idaho? If so, are we losing
small bird populations? (Answered by Dr. Chuck Trost,
Portnuef Valley Audubon Society) |
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December
11,2007 |
How do we use the scientific method to
better understand the world around us? (Answered by
Flint Hall, Hydrogeologist, Idaho Department of
Environmental Quality) |
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December
18, 2007 |
Why do the ducks/geese all line up at
the waterfalls edge by the Falls? Is it warmer there? Is
there food they catch there? What gives? (Answered by
Gregg Losinski, Idaho Fish and Game) |
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January 1,
2008 |
How do birds get the momentum to stay
in the air while flying? (Answered by Heidi Hall, ESER
Wildlife Biologist) |
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January 8,
2008 |
What makes a penny turn blue? How
can I do this? (Answered by Russ Mitchell, EITC
Instructor and Stoller ESER Program Consultant) |
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January
15, 2008 |
Why does the moon look so big when it
is close to the horizon, but much smaller overhead?
(Answered by Mike Hart Amateur Astronomer, Member of the
Idaho Falls Astronomical Society) |
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January
22, 2008 |
If you are in a van, and you are
throwing a tennis ball at the ceiling and catching it,
how come, if the van suddenly changes speed, the tennis
ball doesn’t fly to the back of the car? (Answered
by Roy Woodvine, Mechanical Engineer, Stoller Corp.) |
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January
29, 2008 |
I've heard that clouds can weigh up to
1,000 pounds. Is that true? How do they stay in the air?
(Answered by Rick Eckman, Deputy Director, NOAA lab in
Idaho Falls |
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February 5,
2008 |
What causes a sneeze?
Answered by Tammy Cox, RN, Division Director, Eastern
Idaho Public Health District |
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February
12, 2008 |
Where would all the water from lakes,
oceans and rivers go if we didn’t have gravity? Answered
by Gus Caffrey, Idaho National Laboratory physicist |
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February
19, 2008 |
How the earth could be thrown out of
orbit? What might the effects of this be? Answered by Gus
Caffrey, Idaho National Laboratory physicist |
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February
26, 2008 |
What causes a burp? Answered by
Tammy Cox, RN, Division Director, Eastern Idaho Public
Health District |
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March 3,
2008 |
If an adaptation is a change an animal
makes to fit into its habitat, what did the animal used
to be like? Answered by Alana Jensen, Environmental
Educators, Stoller ESER Program |
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March 11,
2008 |
Why is some animals’ fur soft and
other’s coarse and stiff? Answered by Gregg
Losinski, Idaho Fish and Game |
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March 18,
2008 |
Where did the moon come from?
Answered by Dr. Brian Tonks, BYU-Idaho Physics
Department (Part 1) |
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March 25,
2008 |
Where did the moon come from?
Answered by Dr. Brian Tonks, BYU-Idaho Physics
Department (Part 2) |
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April 1,
2008 |
What does a scientist do if their
findings do not agree with those of other scientists?
Answered by Doug Halford, Stoller ESER Program Manager
and Wildlife Biologist |
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April 8,
2008 |
What is a lek? Answered by Jeremy
Shive, Stoller ESER Biologist |
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April
15, 2008 |
How does a bat use echolocation? How
fast does a bat chirp travel? Question answered
by: Diana Lowrey,Archaeologist and Bat Expert, Idaho
National Laboratory |
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April 22,
2008 |
Are we still in a drought?
Answered by Kirk Clawson, Director, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration |
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April 29,
2008 |
How was the Earth created? Part 1
Answered by Mike Hart Amateur Astronomer, Member of the
Idaho Falls Astronomical Society |
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May 6,
2008 |
How was the Earth created? Part 1
Answered by Mike Hart Amateur Astronomer, Member of the
Idaho Falls Astronomical Society |
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May
13,2008 |
According to EPA, U.S. residents,
businesses, and institutions produce approximately 4.5
pounds of waste per person per day. That means about
400,000 pounds of garbage is produced each day in
Bonneville County and that number will grow as our
population grows. What would you do as a county official
to formulate a long-term plan for handling all that
trash? Answered by Ben Losinski, Idaho Falls Earth Day
Essay Contest winner |
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May 20.
2008 |
Why is my sagebrush (Artemisia
tridentata) dying and dead on a one-acre area on my
property? Could it be due to old age? Dr. Roger Blew and
Amy Forman, Ecologists, Stoller ESER Program |
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May 27,
2008 |
There seems to be a disagreement
about the future of our planet. Some think we are
causing irreversible damage to the Earth and some think
the planet’s future has never looked brighter. What do
you think?
Answered by Meng Gan, 12th Grade, Idaho Falls High
School, Idaho Falls Earth Day essay contest winner |
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June 3,
2008 |
Why is global warming bad? What
problems would it cause? Answered by Dr. Rick Eckman,
Research Meteorologist, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory |
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June
17, 2008 |
Are there any ecological impacts from
the dam and power plant system in Idaho Falls,
especially relating to fish movement across the concrete
barrier at the Broadway Bridge? Answered by Gregg
Losinski, Regional Conservation Educator, Idaho Fish and
Game |
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June
24, 2008 |
What is the largest insect? Answered by
Dr. Heath Ogden, Department of Biological Sciences,
Idaho State University |
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July 1,
2008 |
Why mosquitoes are here on Earth?
Answered by Marilyn Case, Environmental
Scientist,Stoller ESER Program |
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July 8,
2008 |
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?
Answered by Alan Jensen, Pharmacy Manager,
Sav-on Pharmacy |
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