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Jessi
a simple explanation to why dark clothes absorb more heat than light
colored :o) I can't explain it in kid language hehehehe
Jessi
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colored :o) I can't explain it in kid language hehehehe
Jessi
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Fetteroll
on 2/24/02 8:21 PM, Jessi at mistycal@... wrote:
object, it reflects the light of the color of the object and absorbs the
rest, turning it into heat. Since white is made up of all the colors a white
object reflects back all the light that hits it and absorbs none of it.
Black relfects back none of it and absorbs all of it.
Joyce
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> a simple explanation to why dark clothes absorb more heat than lightWhite light is made up of all the colors. When white light hits a colored
> colored :o) I can't explain it in kid language hehehehe
object, it reflects the light of the color of the object and absorbs the
rest, turning it into heat. Since white is made up of all the colors a white
object reflects back all the light that hits it and absorbs none of it.
Black relfects back none of it and absorbs all of it.
Joyce
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WhiteGoddess
The light is reflected off the lighter clothing causing less of the heat
from the sun to be absorbed by the person wearing them. Like bouncing? Show
how light reflects (bounces off) different things with a flashlight or
better yet one of those laser pointers.
from the sun to be absorbed by the person wearing them. Like bouncing? Show
how light reflects (bounces off) different things with a flashlight or
better yet one of those laser pointers.
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a simple explanation to why dark clothes absorb more heat than light
colored :o) I can't explain it in kid language hehehehe
Jessi
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Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to
solve.
~ Roger Lewin ~
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