Listener Questions: Heat, Cold, Climate Change and the Sun ❄️🔥☀️

Sleep Tight Science - A Bedtime Science Show For Kids

Sleep Tight Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 613 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we will answer some of the questions you, our listeners, have sent in. We will cover why the South Pole is colder than the North Pole, why snow feels so cold, and why fire is so hot. We will also learn how heat is made and why the Sun is so hot. Lastly, we answer a question about climate change. Sleep Tight!, Sheryl & Clark --- Resources Why is Antarctica colder than the Arctic? https://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/blog/why-is-antarctica-colder-than-the-arctic/ Snow https://nsidc.org/learn/parts-cryosphere/snow/science-snow Why Is Fire Hot? https://www.thoughtco.com/why-is-fire-hot-607320 How hot is the Sun? https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/how-hot-is-the-sun What is climate change? https://climatekids.nasa.gov/climate-change-meaning/ --- Support Us 👉 Join Premium for AD FREE listening and extra bedtime stories! 👉 Sleep Tight Premium is now available in Apple Podcasts! 🎉 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts, or share our podcast with your friends. 📢 Have an interesting science topic you would like to investigate? Send us an email at [email protected] , and we may feature it in an upcoming show. --- About Sleep Tight Science We’ve got bedtime down to a (Sleep Tight) Science! Sleep Tight Science is an engaging bedtime show that makes science accessible and enjoyable for the whole family. Snuggle in and drift off to sleep while learning about science topics submitted by listeners! Designed for curious young minds (but simple enough for grown-ups to understand), Sleep Tight Science uses big words to answer big questions that kids wonder about, like why do we feel icky sometimes and how do our legs help us move? Learn something new about the natural world while drifting off to dreamland. Have an interesting science question or a topic you’re curious about? Email us at [email protected], and it might just be the focus of an upcoming episode! Dedicated to enhancing the health and happiness of children, Sleep Tight Media helps families replace bedtime struggles with bedtime snuggles.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Sleep Tight Science.
0:13.6	Did you know the South Pole is so cold that it can freeze boiling water instantly?
0:21.8	What?
0:23.0	Just toss it in the air and poof, ice crystals.
0:32.6	Hello, friends, and welcome back to Sleep Tight Science, a bedtime show that answers your questions about science.
0:43.3	In this episode, we will answer some of the questions you have sent in.
0:49.3	We read all your emails, comments, reviews, and suggestions.
0:55.0	They all help us study topics that interest you and share what we have learned.
1:01.0	We can't answer all your questions directly, but today we will cover why the South Pole is colder than the North Pole,
1:10.0	why snow feels so cold, and why fire is so hot.
1:14.6	We will also learn how heat is made and why the sun is so hot.
1:22.6	Where we live in Canada, it has become very, very cold, so cold that we have been dreaming
1:30.3	of warmer places.
1:32.3	But since we can't visit these places right now, we thought that answering the following
1:38.3	questions might help us warm up a little bit.
1:42.3	If it is cold where you are, it may help warm you up too. Our first
1:51.2	question comes from Noah Ira from Toronto. Noah asks, why is the South Pole colder than the North Pole?
2:00.0	The main reason the South Pole is colder than the North Pole?
2:05.6	The main reason the South Pole is colder than the North Pole is due to geography, elevation, ice coverage, and even wind patterns.
2:13.6	The Arctic and Antarctica are opposite in many ways.
2:18.3	The Arctic is an ocean surrounded by land masses like Canada, Russia, Greenland, and Norway.
2:28.3	This Central Arctic Ocean, even when covered by ice, helps moderate the region's temperature because water
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