Lesson 3 I Wonder Why, I Wonder How
Possible or Impossible?
In animation ____, amazing things are possible.
But are they actually possible in real ____?
Let Down Your Hair, Rapunzel!
In the animation, Rapunzel must lower her long hair to ____ people in her tower.
But could human hair really ____ up a person?
Surprisingly, yes! A single ____ can hold up 100g and an average head has about 120,000 hairs.
____ those hairs could hold up a couple of elephants!
With her hair, Rapunzel ____ the ability to hold up a person.
But she should wrap her hair around something strong and ____.
If she doesn’t, she will ____ a very sore neck.
We Scare for Energy
In the ____, monsters scare children to get energy from their screams.
Amazingly, their city is ____ by this sound!
But could we actually produce ____ to light up a city from sound?
Yes, sound can be changed ____ electricity.
But it would not be helpful in our everyday activities because the amount is too ____.
For example, the ____ from a car horn only produces 50mv.
That is only 1/4400 of the average 220v of ____ in our homes.
So, we ____ need an unbelievable amount of screams to light up an entire city.
Up, Up and Away!
The ____ is lifted and flown by thousands of balloons in the animation.
____ that actually work?
____ say that a house weighs about 50,000kg.
A normal balloon at an amusement park ____ lift about 14g.
So we need about 3,570,000 balloons to lift up the ____.
We also have to think about the weight of the ____ themselves and the strings.
Then, we need to add a ____ more thousand balloons.
Now, the biggest ____ is pumping up all those balloons!