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Hey there, smarty pants. Welcome to Smarty Q's, where I, the trusty narrator, answer questions from you the smartypants. Today we're talking about magnets, numbers, clouds, doors, and more. So let's jump in and get smarted. Our first question comes from Liam, age 6 in Texas, who asks, why do magnets only stick to certain kinds of metals? Great question, Liam. Magnets don't stick to all metals, only certain ones like iron, nickel, and cobalt. That's because of how the atoms inside those metals are arranged. Inside these special metals are tiny regions called magnetic domains. When those domains line up, they create a magnetic field. Magnets can pull on those aligned domains, which is why they stick so well to those materials. Other metals, like aluminum or copper, don't have their atoms arranged in the same way, so magnets don't stick to them. So it's not about how metal something is. It's about how its atoms are organized inside. Our next question comes from Cavan, age 8 in Philadelphia, who asks, are plankton the smallest animals? Awesome question. Plankton are tiny living things that float or drift in water. But not all plankton are animals. There are two main zooplankton, which are tiny animals, and phytoplankton, which are more like plants and make their own food using sunlight. Some plankton are extremely small, even microscopic. But they're not the smallest animals. There are even tinier organisms, like certain single celled creatures that are smaller than many plankton. So while plankton include some of the smallest animals, they're not the smallest of all. Next up, we've got a question from Kevin's little sister, Nora, age 5, who asks, why do numbers go on forever? Whoa, that is a big brain twisting question. Numbers go on forever because you can always add one more. No matter how big a number gets, you can always make a bigger one by adding one. That means there is no last number. This idea is called infinity, which means something that never ends. We even did an episode on infinity if you want to learn more about it, and other big numbers. But just know numbers don't stop. They just keep going and going and going and going and going forever. Okay, that's three questions down, three more to go, including why we have 365 days in a year. That's coming right up after this quick ad break and a word from our sponsors. Hey, smarty families. I've had the Skylight calendar in our kitchen for about a week, and I'll just tell you what changed. It became the one source of truth before this keeping track of who, what, when, and where with sticky notes, group text, and hopefully me remembering to get the groceries. Now everyone checks the same screen. The meal planning feature alone has saved us from the nightly what's for dinner spiral, and I can pull recipes right into it. Skylight is the calendar I didn't know I needed Skylight is designed to bring families together for more time. It syncs seamlessly with Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook with customizable daily, weekly, and monthly views. The tasks feature helps kids build healthy routines and independence. Brushing teeth, homework, and chores become fun and rewarding. Assign each family member their own color and the excuses disappear. If you're not 100% thrilled in four months, you can get a full refund. Now, you know I love an adventure, but Skylight has helped me make organizing the family less of a safari. Families are better when they're working together. Right now, Skylight is offering our listeners $30 off their 15 inch calendars by going to myskylight.com smarted go to myskylight.com smartED for $30 off your 15 inch calendar. That is my S K-Y-L-I G H T.com smarted. You know what I love? TaskRabbit when we moved our whosmarted office, how did we find our mover? TaskRabbit when I've got errands piling up and zero time to run them. TaskRabbit IKEA assembly that's about to drive me mental, I Call me a tasker. I've been blown away by how helpful and awesome they are every single time. TaskRabbit connects you with skilled taskers in your area for moving furniture, assembly, home repairs, mounting a tv, yard work, you name it. You can search based on cost, skill set, availability and past client reviews, and these taskers have put in the reps. Over 3.4 million pieces of furniture assembled 700,000 home repairs. One and a half moves and counting. I love TaskRabbit smarty pants. And you will too. When life happens, your to do list grows. Get ahead of it now and get $15 off your first task@taskrabbit.com or on the TaskRabbit app. Using promo Code Smarted Taskers book up fast, especially for same day tasks. So book trusted home help today. That's $15 off your first task using promo code smarted with the taskra@taskrabbit.com
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Now back to Smarty Q Our next question comes from Jamila in Guyana, South America, who asks how do people make doors? It's a great question. Doors can be made from different materials like wood, metal, or even glass. But let's talk about a typical wooden door. First, workers cut large pieces of wood into the right shapes and sizes. Then they glue and press the pieces together to make a strong flat panel. Sometimes doors have hollow sections inside to make them lighter, while others are solid for extra strength. Next, the door is sanded smooth, painted or finished, and then fitted with hardware like hinges and a handle. Finally, the door is installed into a frame so it can swing open and closed. So even though doors seem simple, there's actually a lot of careful work that goes into making them. Question number five comes from Ethan Ensola, who ask if clouds are filled with water, why aren't clouds blue? If and the sky white? Fantastic. Question the sky looks blue because of how sunlight interacts with the air in Earth's atmosphere. When sunlight enters the atmosphere, it scatters, and blue light scatters more than other colors, which is why the sky appears blue. Clouds, on the other hand, are made of tiny water droplets or ice crystals. These droplets scatter all the colors of light equally. When all the colors of light mix together, your eyes see that as white, which is why clouds usually look white or gray. Alright smartypants, we've got one more question left about the number of days in a year, and we'll get to that after just a few minutes and a few ads from our sponsors. Now back to SmartYQ. Our final question comes from Moses who asks why are there 365 days in a year? That is a great question. A year is based on how long it takes Earth to travel all the way around the sun, something called an orbit. That journey takes about 365¼ days. Because it's not exactly 365 days, we add on an extra day, February 29th, every four years and that is called a leap year. This helps keep our calendar lined up with Earth's position around the sun, so seasons happen at the right times. And that brings us to the end of another wonderful episode of Smarty Q. If you've got a question bouncing around your brain that you'd like me to answer, have a grownup help you. Email me at whosmarted at whosmarted. Com and I'll add it to my list. Until next time, keep on smarting, smarty pants. Too smart.