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Why do blobs form in Lava Lamps?
When a lava lamp is turned off, there is a pile of stuff at the bottom. When you turn it on a big light lights up at the bottom of the lamp and bubbles form and float, right? This is because the substance at the bottom of the lamp is very light WAX. The light heats up the light wax and this makes the wax lighter. There is a liquid in the lamp (a jelly type of liquid) that makes the light wax even lighter. Now, because the light heated up the wax, it leaves bubble SHELL. There is nothing inside the bubble but air. And so this ALSO makes lighter. With all these factors making the bubble lighter it slowly begins to rise up. As it moves away from the light it cools down, but there is a light at the top so when it gets to his light it catches onto the OTHER wax at the top of the lamp. By this point it has cooled down alot which makes it heavier and is now bigger. So the wax sinks to the bottom Slowly and heats up again by the light at the bottom. This cycle repeats for ever until the batterys run out. Hope this helps ;)
The dark smooth plains of the moon are?
They are Seas. A long time ago when the Moon's core was still active, hot lava would rise from inside the Moon and fill these giant craters (they were called basins back before they were filled with lava). We of course call them seas today because, go figure, some kind of liquid filled them up (lava). So they were basins before they were filled with lava and now they are called Seas because they were filled up.
Is the big dark spot on the moon dried up lava?
Yes, it is dried up lava the moon use to have volcanoes. The moon use to have a core but is no longer in use.
What is a solar lamp?
Well, a Solar Lamp is a normal lamp but does not work with electricity or batteries - it uses the suns energy. So it charges during the day and then uses up that energy at night or in dark places
What happens if you leave a lamp on over night?
If it's a UL compliant lamp, nothing. Except your energy bill goes up a little.
How are the water cycle and a lava lamp alike?
The water cycle involves water evaporating up, forming condensation, and going back down. A lava lamp involves water moving up, staying for a second, and falling down, however in blob form.
What causes the movement of the liquid in a lava lamp?
Convection is when hot substances rise and cool ones sink. The colored wax heats up at the bottom of the lamp where the bulb is, then rises up, cools, and sinks again.
Can your lava lamp explode?
Yes, it can explode. It can explode when you leave it on for longer than the instructions say.
Does a lava lamp go in a microwave?
no it will blow up if you do that!!!!!!!!! DONT DO IT!!!
Why did edward come up the idea of the lava lamp?
he did not come up with the idea of a lava lamp he just saw it on a counter at a bar and tried amkinkg his own version and took the credit
Can a lava lamp be fixed when the lava has been shaken?
well the whole point of a lava lamp is to watch the lava go up and down in the fluid. once it is shaken though, normally the "lava" becomes separated into smaller pieces. it will stay that way.
Does the heat move the bubbles up and down in a lava lamp?
Yes, the heat is important in lava lams.
Why does Lava in a lava lamp rises and sinks?
The 'lava' in a Lava Lamp is actually a chemically treated wax. The clear (sometimes colored) liquid is water. When the lamp is turned on the metal coil inside the glass chamber is heated by the light bulb. The reason it sinks and rises is because when the molecules inside the wax get heated up and speed up and expand. This causes them to become less dense than the water causing them to rise. When they are at the top the molecules slowly get colder and they slow down which makes them more dense than the water, so the wax sinks.
A certain type of lamp contains colored liquids these liquids form globs that break off and rise to the top of the liquid the glob rises due to what?
It is called a "lava lamp" and the effect is caused by the heat of the bulb in the lamp causing one of the liquids to warm up and become less dense than the other (it is denser in the cold state). The less dense glob then rises up and breaks off and travels to the top of the lamp where it cools then sinks once again to the bottom of the lamp.
How long does it take for a lava lamp to heat up?
It takes about 30-40 minutes before the wax inside the lamp is 'oozing' and flowing. After about 10 minutes, the wax will erupt from the bottom in a kind of stalagmite formation, which will then break up and sink to the bottom as it melts into liquid. Then the bubbles will start to rise and fall. The longer you leave the lamp on, the smaller the bubbles will be.
What is inside a lava lamp and are the ingredients harmful?
yes they are poisonous and they are made up of chemicals
Why are lava lamps hot?
Lava lamps get hot because you have to plug them into the wall and wen you do that it creates energy so then your lava lamp heats up and then the stuff inside it can work.
