Chapter I
Pop!
A question wondered by many people is, "Why do bubbles pop?"
There are multiple answers to this question. Let's take a look at a few of the reasons why bubbles pop.
One of the reasons why your bubble might pop is the wind. The pressure of the air opposite of the direction the wind is blowing and the force of the wind on the other side is to much, and your bubble will pop on a windy, or even slightly breezy, day.
Another reason why your bubbles are popping is because of water evaporation. Water evaporation is a cycle that is essential life, including plants, animals, and all other organisms. Here is a diagram showing how the water cycle works:
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1. The clouds full up with water and rain.
2. The water collects on the ground, replenishing lakes and ponds, and forming puddles.
3. The water is soaked into the ground and forms underground rivers.
4. The water from the underground rivers collects onto the land and forms a lake.
5. The water in the lake or other water source is evaporated into the air and becomes water vapor.
6. The water vapor clumps together and forms clouds.
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And that is how the water cycle works. The cycle shown is the diagram above on and on to infinity as long as the clouds have rain and the underground rivers have water.
So, let's continue talking about bubbles. When the water in the bubble solution used to make the bubbles evaporates, the bubbles become to dry and pop.
Because it is the Sun that makes water, and bubbles, evaporate, making your bubbles in the shade is one way you can stop your bubbles from popping so quickly. Another way you can do this is to blow your bubbles after a rainstorm. The air is filled with moisture and water vapor after it rains. Bubbles seem to last forever after a rainstorm.
Also, keep your bubble-blowing tools moist. If a bubble touches something dry, it will pop. If your tools are wet and covered with the bubble solution, it will be much easier to make bubbles.
Fun Fact About Bubbles
If you puncture a bubble with a nail that is wet, the bubble will not pop! If the nail is dry....Well, that's a different story.
Colorful Bubbles.
Why are bubbles colorful? And why, on other occasions, are they almost transparent or aren't as colorful? Why?
The answer these questions is almost the same as as the answer to the question, "How are rainbows made?" Two words: Light reflection.
When the light from the Sun, or a lamp, or another light source, reflects off of water, like rain or a bubble, the light is reflected back to your eyes as color. That is the simple way of explaining it. But let's go more into the answer to the question, "Why are bubbles colorful?"
This question has been briefly answered in the paragraph above, but let's show what happens in another diagram:
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1. Rays of light from the Sun head toward the bubble.
2. Light is reflected off of the inner and outer layers of the bubble.
3. The light rays from the bubble travel back to your eyes in the form of beautiful colors. ___________________________________________________________
Let's explain that more thoroughly. You may be wondering, "What are the inner and outer layers of a bubble?"
The outer layer of the bubble is only a few millionths of an inch thick. This is the layer that you see when you look at a bubble. Bubbles can't be died a color because this layer is to thin to hold the dye.
The inner layer is also, like the outer layer, only millionths of an inch thick. This layer is inside of the bubble and is left unseen.
When light from a light source meets a bubble, light is reflected off of the inner layer and to the outer layer. Then light from the outer layer is reflected to your eyes. You see this light as color.
Now, for your other question, "Why, on other occasions, are they almost transparent or aren't as colorful?"
The answer is that, as the bubble floats around in the air, the inner and outer layers come closer and closer together with the passing time. As the layers press closer together, the joint rays of light begin to part. As they part, the color grows weaker, and weaker, and weaker still, until you can hardly see any color, or bubble, for that matter, at all.
So, that's how it works. In short, it goes like this. The inner layer gets nearer and near to the outer layer as the bubble ages. And as the layers get closer together, the color fades.
-KittyLover8
© 2012
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