THE MISCONCEPTIONS:

• SCIENTISTS USE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD? not quite.
• LAKES AND OCEANS ARE BLUE BECAUSE THEY REFLECT THE BLUE SKY? No.
• CLOUDS REMAIN ALOFT BECAUSE WATER DROPLETS ARE TINY? Wrong!
• THE SKY IS BLUE BECAUSE OF COMPLICATED PHYSICS No, it's simple.
• A LEMON-BATTERY CAN LIGHT A FLASHLIGHT BULB? doesn't work!
• SOUND TRAVELS BETTER THROUGH SOLIDS & LIQUIDS? No it doesn't.
• GRAVITY IN SPACE IS ZERO? It's actually strong.
• FILLED AND EMPTY BALLOONS DEMONSTRATE THE WEIGHT OF AIR? Misleading.
• GASES ALWAYS EXPAND TO FILL THEIR CONTAINERS? Not quite.
• FRICTION IS CAUSED BY SURFACE ROUGHNESS? Obsolete idea!

• ICE SKATES FUNCTION BY MELTING ICE VIA PRESSURE? nope.
• THE EARTH HAS 92 CHEMICAL ELEMENTS?
• LIGHT FROM THE SUN IS PARALLEL LIGHT? The sun is *wide*!
• A WING'S LIFTING FORCE IS CAUSED BY ITS SHAPE?, no, by trailing edge angle.
• FOR EVERY ACTION, THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION? Newton said otherwise.
• BEN FRANKLIN'S KITE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING? He'd have died.
• THE MAIN LENS OF YOUR EYE IS INSIDE THE EYE?
• WHEN ONE PRISM SPLITS LIGHT INTO COLORS, A SECOND IDENTICAL PRISM CAN RECOMBINE THEM?
• CLOUDS, FOG, AND SHOWER-ROOM MIST ARE MADE OF WATER VAPOR?
• RAINDROPS HAVE POINTS?

• AIR IS ALMOST ENTIRELY WEIGHTLESS?
• SHADOWS VANISH ON CLOUDY DAYS BECAUSE THE SUN ISN'T BRIGHT ENOUGH?
• INFRARED LIGHT IS A FORM OF HEAT?
• THERE ARE SEVEN COLORS IN THE RAINBOW?
• THE EARTH'S NORTH AND SOUTH MAGNETIC POLES RESIDE JUST BELOW THE SURFACE?
• LASER LIGHT IS "IN PHASE" LIGHT?
• LASER LIGHT IS PARALLEL LIGHT?
• LASERS ARE COHERENT BECAUSE ATOMS EMIT IN PHASE?
• IRON AND STEEL ARE THE ONLY STRONGLY MAGNETIC MATERIALS?
• RE-ENTERING SPACECRAFT ARE HEATED BY AIR FRICTION?

• CARS AND AIRPLANES ARE SLOWED DOWN BY AIR FRICTION?
• THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE OF THE EARTH IS IN THE NORTH?
• SALT WATER IS FULL OF SODIUM CHLORIDE MOLECULES?
• LIGHT AND RADIO WAVES ALWAYS TRAVEL AT "THE SPEED OFLIGHT"?