(no subject)
SUPER SCRIPT
Physics Accel. Final Project
May 16, 2005
Amy: WHY HELLO, NICOLE!!
Nicole appears not to hear. Amy is not put off.
Amy: I SAID, HELLOOOO!!! gesticulates wildly
Nicole removes earmuffs
Nicole: Ohhhh, hi, Amy. I couldn’t hear you with my earmuffs on!
Amy: Really? And why do you think that is?
Nicole: ...Because they’re pink?
Amy: No, sillybuns! You’re wrong! It’s because sound cannot travel through certain materials as well as others.
Nicole: Like pink materials?
Amy: NO, SILLY!! Sound is a mechanical wave, which means it requires a medium to travel through. When the sound of my voice travels from the air and reaches your dense (but incredibly stylish) earmuffs, the sound waves have a more difficult time getting through!
Nicole: That’s fascinating! You mean there’s physics in my clothing?
Amy: Now that you mention it… there’s a whole world of physics in your clothing! In mine, too!
Nicole: Really?? is skeptical But how could there possibly be physics in these high-heeled shoes?
Amy: Well, do your feet hurt right now?
Nicole: REAL BAD!
Amy: Do you know why that is? That’s because the surface pressure is so, so big!
Nicole: Surface pressure? What in the world is that?
Amy: Well, you are a healthy young girl. I would guess that you weigh about fifty pounds!
Nicole: That’s - right!
Amy: Well, the surface area of your high heeled shoe is about half an inch. That means when we divide your weight of fifty pounds by the half inch surface area, we get a surface pressure of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS per square inch!
Nicole: Gee! That’s more than a whole lot of bowling balls!
Amy: That’s why my shoes are so comfy! They spread my weight out over a greater area!
Nicole: What a neat and stylish solution! What else do you know?
Amy: Well, let’s take your thuggish necklace for example!
Nicole holds up necklace
Nicole: What about it?
Amy: It’s shiny, isn’t it? It’s so highly reflective that when the light rays hit it, they bounce back at the same angle as they came.
Nicole: Is that why I can see myself in it?!
Amy: Precisely. The same holds true for your earrings, your shirt, my bracelet and -
Nicole: And your pretty ring! Wow, what a rock! Did Fernando propose?
Amy: On our three week anniversary!
Nicole: Wow. It looks so fiery!
Amy: That’s because the refraction index of real diamonds *wink* is so great that light is reflected from one internal surface to another without ever leaving the stone. This is called total internal reflection!
Nicole: Awesome! I can see myself in your glasses, too, but why on earth are you wearing them?
Amy: UV rays. They’re everywhere!
Nicole screams
Amy hands her a pair of sunglasses
Amy: Not to worry! I always carry an extra pair!
Nicole: But what else are they for?
Amy: These glasses are polarizers. They block light in one plane while allowing light in another plane to pass through! Handy, huh?
Nicole: That’s real keen!
Amy: You bet! Do you know what else UV rays can do to you?
Nicole: …No?
Amy: They can give you CANCER! That’s why we protect our skin by wearing hats!
Amy gives Nicole a gaudy fluorescent hat
Nicole: Gee, that’s bright!
Amy pulls cap over Nicole’s head, covering her eyes
Amy: Or dark!
Nicole: Hey, quit monkeying around! I think remember something about this from my own physics class! When white light hits an object, the object absorbs all colors except the one you see. Right?
Amy: You got it!
Nicole: Aaand… that’s called color multiplication!
Amy: What? No, subtraction.
Nicole: Oh, yeah. And that’s why your white cap is white - because it’s reflecting all rays!
Amy: Tru dat! It’ll keep me real cool when I’m hanging ten on the beach!
Nicole: The beach?
Amy: Yeah! Summer’s coming.
Nicole: Oh, yeah! Gestures to clothing I forgot.
Amy: Apparently! How silly of you. Pats Nicole on the shoulder - receives shock
Amy: Owee!
Nicole: Gee whillikers! Did I shock you?
Amy: You sure did, which brings me to my next point! Is that scarf real wool?
Nicole: Sure is! Sheared ol’ Millie myself.
Amy: Just as I suspected! You must have been polarized just now.
Nicole: Does that make me a freak?
Amy: Well, sort of. You see, at any given time we’re all full of charges, positive and negative. When the air is dry and you rub your feet on a carpet and touch a doorknob, the electrons from the doorknob “jump” *jumps* from it to you in order to equalize your charges.
Nicole: So I was the doorknob, and that’s why I shocked you!
Amy: Yeah *rubs arm bitterly* Jerk! *shoves Nicole, who slides off the chair to the ground*
Nicole: *shakes fist* Hey, ya big meanie!
Amy: Well, maybe if your pants didn’t have such a low coefficient of friction, we wouldn’t be in this situation!
Nicole: *starts to cry*
Amy: Oh okay, I shouldn’t have shoved you. I’m sorry. Here. *helps Nicole to her feet*
Nicole: That’s okay, Amy. All your physics educatin’ far outweighs the fact that you shoved me off a stool just now!
Amy: Friends?
Nicole: Friends!
Amy: Well, would you look at the time! I have to meet Fernando in ten minutes!
Nicole: Okay, thanks again for everything you taught me about physics!
Amy: No problem! Just remember, the most important thing is that…
Amy & Nicole: PHYSICS IS ALWAYS IN STYLE! *thumbs up*