GED Science: Surfin’ Chemists, Dude!
Okay. So, I never really wanted to be a scientist, until I learned about these surfin’ scientists in Hawaii! Seriously, GED guys, you’ve got to read this article…Hawaiian Scientists Take Their Test Tubes Surfing.
Kewl, right? I mean, if I could totally surf while taking the GED, I bet I’d do lots better. Only my answers’d be all wet.
Here’s what the article has to say:
The glorious sunshine and the Pacific Ocean provide the perfect conditions for Robert Liu and colleagues’ photochemical reactions, which use the sun’s rays to make variants of vitamin A.
The excess heat from the reaction is then effortlessly dissipated by the sea, presumably as the highly skilled chemist completes the reaction by riding a huge wave back to the beach.
Pop GED Practice Question!!!
A photochemical reaction creates a chemical reaction using….
A) heat
B) surfboards
C) light
D) water
E) wind
Did you get the answer? You gotta look in the first paragraph of text up there… “photochemical reactions, which use the sun’s rays…” What are the sun’s rays? Wind? Water? Surfboards? Highly dubious, dude! You might think it’s heat, cuz the sun heats us up. But the sun’s rays are really light. Think about the word “photo…” like, a photograph uses light to make a picture, right? Well, a photochemical reaction uses light to make a chemical reaction. You might get a clue where it says “glorious SUNSHINE.” Dude, that’s definitely light.
Keep watching the science news for kewl stuff, and good luck on your GED studyin’!
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October 7th, 2008 at 9:56 am
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