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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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In this comic [[Miss Lenhart]] is teaching a school physics class. One of her students asks what the color of electrons is. | In this comic [[Miss Lenhart]] is teaching a school physics class. One of her students asks what the color of electrons is. | ||
This is a relevant question for a kid to ask since on many scientific diagrams of atoms, the subatomic particles have been assigned colors to identify them for the reader. Neutrons are generally red, green, or gray; protons red or green and electrons might be blue or yellow. But there is no accepted rule for coloring such diagrams, so the kid may be confused. Additionally, some scientific diagrams use color coding rather than actually representative colors, and the kid may be wondering what color particles actually are. | This is a relevant question for a kid to ask since on many scientific diagrams of atoms, the subatomic particles have been assigned colors to identify them for the reader. Neutrons are generally red, green, or gray; protons red or green and electrons might be blue or yellow. But there is no accepted rule for coloring such diagrams, so the kid may be confused. Additionally, some scientific diagrams use color coding rather than actually representative colors, and the kid may be wondering what color particles actually are. | ||
− | In completely off | + | In completely off character style, Miss Lenhart actually gives a correct explanation and states that, unlike the diagrams, which are colored for convenience, the particles are not colored. She even gives the correct explanation for this fact: ''They're too small to interact with visible light, so "color" isn't even defined for them.'' For a more typical Miss Lenhart see for instance [[1519: Venus]]. |
− | + | Of course she then continues by saying that electrons are definitely yellow. It isn't clear if she means they should be yellow on diagrams, because she feels this is the correct way to depict them in drawings of atoms, or she is referring to the Greek etymology of the word electron ({{w|elektron (resin)|elektron}} is an old name for amber, a yellow gem), or if she is just teasing her young pupils. But her off-panel pupils take her word for it. One of the kids says "I knew it", to the "fact" that electrons are yellow, and likewise the other pupils completely ignore what Miss Lenhart just told them. The debate then starts as one pupil claims ''and protons are red?'', and another chimes in, with a ''No, they're gray!'' This only makes sense in a debate of how to draw atoms, not regarding their actual color, as Miss Lenhart just explained. | |
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− | But her off-panel pupils take her word for it. One of the kids says "I knew it", to the "fact" that electrons are yellow, and likewise the other pupils completely ignore what Miss Lenhart just told them. The debate then starts as one pupil claims ''and protons are red?'', and another chimes in, with a ''No, they're gray!'' This only makes sense in a debate of how to draw atoms, not regarding their actual color, as Miss Lenhart just explained. | ||
The opinions over the colors are probably based on what kind of diagrams people were initially exposed to, leading to a predisposition to think that those colors are 'correct'. | The opinions over the colors are probably based on what kind of diagrams people were initially exposed to, leading to a predisposition to think that those colors are 'correct'. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Miss Lenhart is teaching a class. A boy with spiky hair sits at his desks with his hand raised asking a question. | + | :[Miss Lenhart is teaching a class. A boy with spiky hair sits at his desks with his hand raised asking a question. Science Girl sits in front of him looking back at him while leaning an arm on the back of her chair.] |
:Miss Lenhart: You have a question? | :Miss Lenhart: You have a question? | ||
:Boy: Yeah-What color are electrons and protons? Are they yellow? Red? Blue? | :Boy: Yeah-What color are electrons and protons? Are they yellow? Red? Blue? | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]] | ||
− | [[Category:Comics featuring | + | [[Category:Comics featuring Science Girl]] |
[[Category:Kids]] <!-- The boy is a boy and thus not adult Hairy --> | [[Category:Kids]] <!-- The boy is a boy and thus not adult Hairy --> | ||
[[Category:Physics]] | [[Category:Physics]] |