Is fire a solid, a liquid, or a gas? - Elizabeth Cox

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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  6 лет назад +829

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  • @logane_pera
    @logane_pera 6 лет назад +6174

    "What exactly is fire?"
    I know! It's a plasma!
    "A common misconception is that fire is a plasma"
    ....ah

    • @elmromero6983
      @elmromero6983 4 года назад +71

      Fire is common

    • @erichunter8230
      @erichunter8230 4 года назад +81

      That’s exactly what I concluded before being told that

    • @sauravligal5809
      @sauravligal5809 4 года назад +79

      Fire is a fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @wildchicken679
      @wildchicken679 4 года назад +90

      Not really my guess was photons and chemicals. Don’t know if I am right (Still watching video)
      Edit: Fire is a feeling.. apparently.

    • @mango1882
      @mango1882 4 года назад +7

      Same here

  • @jp4431
    @jp4431 6 лет назад +4994

    If only the fire nation was as peaceful as this video

  • @bottleofwater1675
    @bottleofwater1675 4 года назад +1590

    Fire: exists
    TED : physically you don’t

    • @humanestman
      @humanestman 4 года назад +18

      Now this, is epic

    • @Deathnotefan97
      @Deathnotefan97 4 года назад +21

      Technically, energy is classified as physically existing

    • @user-jo1gz9ss2m
      @user-jo1gz9ss2m 4 года назад +11

      He said that when fire burns out it was like it never was there but technically it was never there so I don’t think he can has nkow how of the speakings

    • @wilton999
      @wilton999 4 года назад +3

      @@user-jo1gz9ss2m True. I agree with you totally

    • @impoppy9145
      @impoppy9145 4 года назад +6

      Dear scientists
      It is okay to say "we don't know yet" from time to time.
      Thank you

  • @mariapazgonzalezlesme
    @mariapazgonzalezlesme 6 лет назад +3343

    "Some say the world will end in fire,
    Some say in ice.
    From what I’ve tasted of desire
    I hold with those who favor fire.
    But if it had to perish twice,
    I think I know enough of hate
    To say that for destruction ice
    Is also great
    And would suffice." -- *Robert Frost.*

  • @theblanktheorist282
    @theblanktheorist282 5 лет назад +6952

    TedEd: Even the biggest fires will run out of fuel.
    Sun: *nervous burning*

  • @gracelewis4016
    @gracelewis4016 4 года назад +2326

    When I was maybe 4 or 5, I touched the flames on the stove thinking: "they're blue, so they must be cold!" I was wrong.

  • @feliperamedeiros
    @feliperamedeiros 6 лет назад +2963

    so fire isn't a thing, it's a thing happening. Thank you for being so clear ;)

    • @bonshideout
      @bonshideout 4 года назад +146

      Wow totally not confused.

    • @baller10345
      @baller10345 4 года назад +97

      Perfectly not confusing

    • @dirtyicontarot
      @dirtyicontarot 4 года назад +9

      Lololol

    • @ronidoka1581
      @ronidoka1581 4 года назад +52

      that STILL doesn't make sense

    • @samanthagarcia1398
      @samanthagarcia1398 4 года назад +47

      it's a process** for people not connecting the ideas
      like colour perception -- how each of us see one pigment is different than the next because of *how* our rods and cones work

  • @subscribetomyyoutubechanne1543
    @subscribetomyyoutubechanne1543 6 лет назад +876

    Just saw title and i thought, Seriously I have never thought about this question. Thanks TED-Ed

  • @eltiospike7672
    @eltiospike7672 4 года назад +1432

    "The hottest flames are white or blue"
    Now i get it, Azula was flexing at everyone else by showing how strong her fire was XD

    • @user-jo1gz9ss2m
      @user-jo1gz9ss2m 4 года назад +24

      Who that random person who I don’t know what that azula char is

    • @doeetah3800
      @doeetah3800 4 года назад +69

      @@user-jo1gz9ss2m she's a character from avatar

    • @user-jo1gz9ss2m
      @user-jo1gz9ss2m 4 года назад +11

      Thanks I’m into physics science and biology more than shows I guess so I had no clue

    • @user-jo1gz9ss2m
      @user-jo1gz9ss2m 4 года назад +1

      I just did don’t remember names though also it’s movie so I not saw blue fire

    • @panmk1231
      @panmk1231 4 года назад +14

      ???????? Its an old tv show from nickelodeon

  • @quahntasy
    @quahntasy 6 лет назад +1775

    The animations did warm me up.
    So fire is in other words spicy air?

    • @captainriver5974
      @captainriver5974 6 лет назад +14

      Lol yes

    • @kunalpatil5995
      @kunalpatil5995 6 лет назад +45

      Quahntasy - Animating Universe well calling it spicy air would imply that it is matter.

    • @stelixhyx808
      @stelixhyx808 6 лет назад +14

      Quahntasy - Animating Universe well done, you learned nothing. F

    • @nfksoahavwkdphavqkdobza
      @nfksoahavwkdphavqkdobza 6 лет назад +14

      hey hey lets give these two comments a woooosh

    • @stelixhyx808
      @stelixhyx808 6 лет назад +1

      Kate The ‘Animator’ i fear that will extinguish the matter, that is, fire.

  • @alextomsa8577
    @alextomsa8577 6 лет назад +630

    I remember back when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade and my teacher taught my class about the states of matter, I asked him what state fire was in. He said that it was an incandescent body.
    Then, in 7th grade I asked my chemistry teacher the same thing, and she said it depends on what's burning.
    At this point I kind of gave up and accepted that fire is simply energy, although I couldn't figure out what made it act and look like it does.
    Now, three years later, I finally got my answer.
    My point is, when everyone in your life seems to lack an answer, Ted-Ed is the place to go!

    • @suanlsrm6488
      @suanlsrm6488 4 года назад +16

      So what exactly is it, now that you understand ?

    • @sarahoommen
      @sarahoommen 4 года назад

      I asked the same to my chemistry teacher while I was in around 7th grade and came to the conclusion that it is just energy myself too..

    • @artech1847
      @artech1847 4 года назад

      Same happend with me

    • @AbhisarRawat
      @AbhisarRawat 4 года назад +1

      When will I change?

    • @Ghost98172
      @Ghost98172 4 года назад +3

      I still don't understand. what is it exactly? Help

  • @anishelali8217
    @anishelali8217 4 года назад +2563

    When i was a kid, i wanted to become a scientist and finally discover what fire is. I guess i won't haha. Still a scientist btw

    • @archiegrishipol
      @archiegrishipol 4 года назад +101

      Matt Caristo aspirations and dreams are cool, but you ever seen a soft-boiled egg?

    • @ScreamMario
      @ScreamMario 4 года назад +39

      @@matthewcaristo8499 It's called sarcasm humor.

    • @jiminlosthisjams8800
      @jiminlosthisjams8800 4 года назад +50

      I'm glad you followed your dreams :)

    • @dabestest1387
      @dabestest1387 4 года назад +5

      Matt Caristo no

    • @binita4672
      @binita4672 4 года назад +3

      @@matthewcaristo8499 no

  • @vinie4077
    @vinie4077 6 лет назад +1585

    The explanation was really good, very simple to understand especially with the lovely animations. The background music and the campfire sounds combined with that amazing voice of Addison Anderson just makes it so relaxing to watch. This is why I love TED-Ed.

    • @iruns1246
      @iruns1246 6 лет назад +2

      It doesn't explain why there's a (apparent) hard edge to them though. By how they explained it, if I never saw a flame, I would've imagined something that glows at the base, and gradually becomes fainter towards the top, with no definable hard edge.

    • @iruns1246
      @iruns1246 6 лет назад +1

      Although now that I thought about it a bit, the answer might be: because the airborne fuel burns at almost constant rate from the base while moving (roughly) up, and then immediately get expended at some point (hence the cut off). The continuous shape comes from the fact that neighboring fuel particles get expended at roughly the same time as the ones in their immediate vicinity.

    • @iruns1246
      @iruns1246 6 лет назад

      Sorry for thinking out loud on your thread :)

    • @trevorthai1685
      @trevorthai1685 6 лет назад

      SAMMMMEEEEE THOUGHT

    • @ashishgurung1417
      @ashishgurung1417 5 лет назад

      Man!! that guy addison does have a gifted voice

  • @aadivrath2407
    @aadivrath2407 6 лет назад +780

    That background music is so calming. It calmed me down instantly. Thumbs up for the music!!!

    • @kanhnadt5382
      @kanhnadt5382 6 лет назад +3

      What's the song's name?

    • @Slekejkwls-1819
      @Slekejkwls-1819 6 лет назад

      Yeah

    • @tombkings6279
      @tombkings6279 6 лет назад +3

      COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME

    • @RajuyCh-ug9ok
      @RajuyCh-ug9ok 6 лет назад

      Ohh actually i am watching it with no headphones and traveling in a train ( with help 0f subtitles ) 😑

    • @miels63
      @miels63 6 лет назад

      Wow buddy! Chill! Don't need to be so excited.. 😅
      Well, i agree! It is calming..

  • @feminico2613
    @feminico2613 4 года назад +62

    Tldw: fire isn't a state of matter, it's just an ongoing chemical reaction, like when you put baking soda in vinegar. It is basically this:
    Combustion: start of fire
    Burning: the fire exists
    Extinguish: the fire ends.

    • @mralabbad7
      @mralabbad7 3 года назад +1

      Fire is energy in a visible form 💥

  • @niy._.
    @niy._. 6 лет назад +548

    I remember asking my science teacher the same question when I was nine.
    I didn’t receive a satisfactory answer. She literally said that fire was a semi fluid.
    Later (like maybe after two years) I did a little research, and the answers I found made sense but were not exactly what I was looking for. This video helped me properly understand. I am SOOOOOO happy right now, it is literally one of the best days of my life...
    The feeling when you finally get the answer you were looking for so hard is one of the best feelings in your life. Love you 😍 ted Ed. Keep spreading knowledge.
    I am 14 now BTW

    • @da14a49
      @da14a49 4 года назад +3

      That happens a lottttt

    • @nyraen
      @nyraen 4 года назад +26

      Ok zoomer

    • @kananbiswal
      @kananbiswal 4 года назад

      So you asked in your fourth grade?

    • @_zet_zet_
      @_zet_zet_ 4 года назад +4

      tch.. still not legal

    • @Pranavntespam
      @Pranavntespam 4 года назад +2

      Surprised to see my experience as a comment in here

  • @riryamoon2315
    @riryamoon2315 6 лет назад +333

    4:07
    *People are divided into 3 groups :*
    kissing
    sleeping
    and reading books

  • @ayushsoni6233
    @ayushsoni6233 4 года назад +714

    A wise Chinese scholar said :
    "Fire is 火"

  • @Andrew-ix2ij
    @Andrew-ix2ij 6 лет назад +506

    Wow this exactly needed for my assignment ted ed your the best and calmest teachers

    • @anushibinj
      @anushibinj 6 лет назад +5

      you're

    • @shinobix4925
      @shinobix4925 6 лет назад +5

      Ted ed isn't a name, it stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design Education

    • @skylervyk
      @skylervyk 6 лет назад +6

      @@shinobix4925 yes it may stand for something, but it's also the name of the channel.

    • @shinobix4925
      @shinobix4925 6 лет назад

      @@skylervyk Yeah but it was used as if it was the name of a single person instead of a professional company

    • @larvitardratini5965
      @larvitardratini5965 6 лет назад +2

      You're

  • @Sieger1
    @Sieger1 6 лет назад +536

    Fire is the element that attacked in the avatar series

  • @unnamed7225
    @unnamed7225 4 года назад +233

    Me: What is fire?
    Ted-Ed: It doesn't MATTER!!!

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy 6 лет назад +246

    *The animations always warm me up!*

  • @girlmath-abolisher
    @girlmath-abolisher 6 лет назад +445

    This video and the way it's been presented is so brilliant and meaningful and human. You could find the actual answer in any middle grade science textbook, but the way they combined art and fact to make the video actually mean something and create a whole different experience for us viewers is just so beautiful.

    • @ifyourereplyingtomycomment1941
      @ifyourereplyingtomycomment1941 5 лет назад +4

      I learn more things in Ted-ed than I do in school...

    • @GrandHighGamer
      @GrandHighGamer 4 года назад +6

      Really the answer is much debated, even this video isn't the clearest answer. We used to think it was a plasma, and sometimes it can be, but it's mostly combusting gas and particles freed from the object emitting light and heat. The 'easy' answer tends to be either 'it is plasma' or 'it is burning gas' and neither of these are strictly accurate. I'd disagree with the video saying 'fire isn't an object', because it kind of is in the same way that the sun is. In both we only see it because it emits light and heat. Neither is especially 'solid' either.

    • @anurag4813
      @anurag4813 4 года назад

      True

    • @wren_.
      @wren_. 2 года назад

      .!0

  • @Sbeve_Boner4966
    @Sbeve_Boner4966 4 года назад +618

    Fire : *exists**
    Ted ed : _I am about to explain this guy's whole career_

  • @JamieJosef
    @JamieJosef 6 лет назад +34

    A question I’ve always had explained in the most cozy, straightforward video ever. I love it.

  • @Janesmmameood
    @Janesmmameood 6 лет назад +141

    Aaah I LOVE this type of animation it's so calming😍😚💆

    • @Theo-yn3ml
      @Theo-yn3ml 6 лет назад +2

      Yeah, i feel really relaxed after watching that

    • @omarkhatko
      @omarkhatko 5 лет назад +1

      Me too

  • @deltacakes3838
    @deltacakes3838 4 года назад +268

    "We did it boys! we discovered fire!"
    TedEd: *"Where?"*

  • @anugatasarkar6528
    @anugatasarkar6528 6 лет назад +39

    The calming background music, the beautiful animation and the narration....everything was perfectly in sync....I totally loved watching this ❤

    • @NiteshKumar-qp7oy
      @NiteshKumar-qp7oy 4 года назад

      Same here 😊 i love the last part moon light with fire smoke and little cold weather 🔥🌘🕯️🏕️😳

  • @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n
    @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n 6 лет назад +48

    That background Guitar music is just Beautiful 🎵🎶🎸

  • @gaminwatch8203
    @gaminwatch8203 4 года назад +91

    1:28 they left out one stage of matter: Bose-Einstein-Condensate. That stage is to solid that plasma is to gas. Its basically impossible to get, but it exists in space.

    • @sidd0405
      @sidd0405 4 года назад +19

      it's actually bose einstein's condensate and there's even a fermionic condensate.

    • @rudrakshpandey4003
      @rudrakshpandey4003 3 года назад +10

      There are a few more. There's a gluon state, it has a fancy name which I can't remember
      And its Bose-Einstein condensate.

    • @Empy_C.
      @Empy_C. 3 года назад +9

      What happened to Photonic Matter, Rydberg Molecules, Superfluid, Quantum Hall State?

    • @austinlincoln3414
      @austinlincoln3414 3 года назад +4

      Quark-gluon plasma

    • @Oliver-ng4ft
      @Oliver-ng4ft 3 года назад +3

      Well, you’re quite wrong: if you’re going to say they ‘forgot’ other states, then maybe you should have listed the 20+ or so states that do exist, and BCE’s are possible, they’ve been made many times, as far back as 1995, and thats basically what quantum chips are.

  • @AleQuag
    @AleQuag 6 лет назад +110

    Your videos are so relaxing. Like a fire pit in the woods.

  • @marcellabutay1090
    @marcellabutay1090 6 лет назад +52

    The music and crackle of the fire made me feel warm

  • @kaiserherz8624
    @kaiserherz8624 5 лет назад +325

    teacher: so class what is the matter of fire?
    Everyone who watched: a chemical reaction
    teacher: -_-

    • @marcotigno2902
      @marcotigno2902 4 года назад +4

      What is the state?

    • @user-jo1gz9ss2m
      @user-jo1gz9ss2m 4 года назад +19

      The state is nothingness

    • @Santhippe
      @Santhippe 4 года назад +14

      Marco Tigno the depressed state

    • @alucardlord9032
      @alucardlord9032 4 года назад +2

      If it has no state, then why do lightning does, when lightning vanishes more quickly than fire, this video doesnt make sense at all
      Anyway, i think Sun is a fire, but in its highest form (nuclear fusion form) we cannot say sun is water, nor wind, nor earth, nor lightning, it has to be at least fire, cause we can see and feel it as fire, fire in its highest form (nuclear form) remember that

    • @alucardlord9032
      @alucardlord9032 4 года назад

      @@zach5994 @@zach5994 hydrogen what? The one we use in hydrogen bomb which creates a massive fireball explosion?, wake up dude, hydrogen is the fuel and it burns when the fusion takes place, releasing so much heat and light, same as fire when carbon burns too, it releases heat and fire,
      You know, science doesnt acknowledge nuclear fusion as fire, because when they made details of fire back then, they knew that it needs oxygen, fuel and heat to survive, and they made it as the official classification for creating fire, which nuclear reaction was unknown back then, now we have modern science, they can include nuclear reaction as another level of fire if they want too
      Cause you know, were not blind, we can clearly see and feel Sun as fire, not water, nor lightning,,, nor earth, it has to be at least fire, like what i said, Highest form of fire (Nuclear reaction state)

  • @r3d372
    @r3d372 6 лет назад +56

    I'm always fired up for the next TED-Ed video to come out!

  • @aanchalagrawal8150
    @aanchalagrawal8150 6 лет назад +80

    this was the most calming and beautiful animation

  • @SkippyTheBard
    @SkippyTheBard 4 года назад +194

    "it's not alive"
    "But you said it was dying"

  • @ExcellentLeoSilinda
    @ExcellentLeoSilinda 6 лет назад +236

    So you're saying mayonnaise is not an instrument?

    • @stuckinreality3928
      @stuckinreality3928 6 лет назад

      You mean it was obvious?(Just curious.)

    • @Timsturbs
      @Timsturbs 6 лет назад +30

      mayonnaise is just our sensory experience of a chemical reaction

    • @hydrathermal9030
      @hydrathermal9030 6 лет назад +28

      No, Patrick. Mayonnaise is not an instrument.

    • @Smiley957
      @Smiley957 6 лет назад +15

      I play the mayonnaise and ain’t nobody gonna tell me it’s not an instrument!

    • @stuckinreality3928
      @stuckinreality3928 6 лет назад +2

      @@hydrathermal9030 It is a sauce

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy 6 лет назад +206

    Do you mean sparky sparky bright light?

    • @joshh158
      @joshh158 6 лет назад +2

      Yes, he mean sparky sparky bright light

    • @jalaluddinal-mursyidyfadhl4410
      @jalaluddinal-mursyidyfadhl4410 6 лет назад +18

      do u mean "sparky sparky boom maaann?" or would u prefer "combustion man"? oops...

    • @joelchungus
      @joelchungus 6 лет назад

      I think you mean hot hot bright light

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 6 лет назад

      😂

    • @patches4864
      @patches4864 6 лет назад

      you everywhere lmao

  • @pranphu5248
    @pranphu5248 4 года назад +7

    TED-ed thank you so much for clarifying so many things in such a short time through all your videos. Every video is so engaging with colour, sound and visual elements. There's so much to learn and take inspiration in this quest for knowledge. I wish these existed a decade ago when I was a student but nonetheless learning is a never ending process & it's not confined to one's age. I shall also recommend these to the ones who would need to amplify their understanding and gain a better clarity about the things happening around us.
    Thank you so much once again.

  • @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n
    @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n 6 лет назад +92

    That video was so *enLightening* ;)

    • @Funkoh
      @Funkoh 5 лет назад

      User name hahaha

  • @Abelhawk
    @Abelhawk 6 лет назад +48

    As a teen I thought it would've been cool if the four elements were the four states of matter: solid earth, liquid water, gaseous air, and plasmic fire.

    • @RedCommunistDragon
      @RedCommunistDragon 10 месяцев назад

      Of the four states of matter, Fire is most like a plasma, so referring to it as such isn’t all too inaccurate as TED-Ed presented.

  • @wolf_crusher
    @wolf_crusher Год назад

    Starting of the monologue was soothing to listen, like a poem it was narrated.

  • @shivamrajput898
    @shivamrajput898 6 лет назад +120

    This was a strangely philosophical video....

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 6 лет назад

      SHIVAM RAJPUT Indeed

    • @Javier-il1xi
      @Javier-il1xi 6 лет назад

      I recommend watching videos about Kant's transcendental aesthetic :)

  • @mentalmelt
    @mentalmelt 5 лет назад +90

    "Fire isn't actually matter at all, instead, it's our sensory experience of a process (..)" You can say that about anything. Anything can be described as a process, and anything can be said to actually be our sensory experience, rather than the objective reality itself. This is philosophy. But fire is still made up of something. Yes, it's a process, but it's a chemical process that involves chemicals, and chemicals are material. Heated gasses and solid particles that combine with oxygen molecules in a self sustaining process, that gives off light and heat through conduction and radiation. Though this is a lovely video in many respects, it' doesn't really provide a good and honest explanation for what fire is, but rather avoids the question by taking a philosophical detour.

    • @aliciaf4744
      @aliciaf4744 3 года назад +5

      Exactly my thoughts.

    • @TheGodThatNeverFail2
      @TheGodThatNeverFail2 3 года назад +13

      They literally described that process and the chemical reactions it implies, and they didn't avoid the question, they answered it at the beginning: none. Also, phylosophical approaches are a good and honest explanations of reality, as much or even more than the use of the abstract scientific language of the hegemonic way we've been systematizing knowledge for a few hundred years trying to describe a process that implies more for humanity than some chemical reaction. If something, they provided a little bit more complex answer of what fire is. Remember, scientific knowledge it's a very narrow way to understand reality due to it's methodological implications

    • @finnthehuman2818
      @finnthehuman2818 3 года назад +6

      Fire is a living being it needs air and food to survive

    • @Ashish.1.1
      @Ashish.1.1 3 года назад +1

      @@finnthehuman2818 lol

    • @j.pabloargueta8808
      @j.pabloargueta8808 2 года назад

      And they said its like a leave truning brown or an apple ripping, wtf those are solids its not like a chemical reaction stripped matter being in a state

  • @hmm7458
    @hmm7458 4 года назад +1

    why this video is so satisfying.. like none of us search for it.. bt still clicks.. and after that from music to animation to science to storytelling was sooo beautiful..

  • @ParticularlyRudeOne
    @ParticularlyRudeOne 6 лет назад +53

    Ted Ed offers Awesome
    Animation,
    Narration,
    Voice,
    Music,
    And
    Literally everything else you can imagine...

  • @robertserban2422
    @robertserban2422 4 года назад +22

    The science channel starting pack:
    What is fire?
    Catchy intro
    Smooth narator voice
    Well writen script

    • @johnc.392
      @johnc.392 3 года назад

      I see... a *BUG KNIGHT!*

  • @tylergriffin556
    @tylergriffin556 5 лет назад +41

    It’s beautiful how successful a business can be and still manage to show how much they care about their viewers.
    This was beautiful. All these videos are beautiful.

  • @Micahsaurus
    @Micahsaurus 3 года назад +1

    the guitar in it just makes it feel so nostalgic...sitting by the fire late at night while camping singing songs, roasting s’mores, singing songs and telling story’s. so amazing 😌

  • @addaccount9246
    @addaccount9246 6 лет назад +121

    In other words spicy air

  • @samriddhimani2313
    @samriddhimani2313 6 лет назад +155

    A great piece of advice just before Diwali . Now when I light each diya in my house I'm going to get amused by nature's miracle !

  • @aritrabha
    @aritrabha 3 года назад +1

    Fire is like leaves changing colour during fall.... There's something so charming and melancholy in the statement. One of the most feel good pieces from Ted ed...

  • @atvo3619
    @atvo3619 6 лет назад +98

    "Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden"
    I love it!

  • @malishah4940
    @malishah4940 6 лет назад +65

    Amazing video... Good job 👍👍👍
    Keep making these informative videos TED-Ed

  • @Rockstar-lr6lg
    @Rockstar-lr6lg 4 года назад +52

    Fire: exists
    Ted: well yes, but actually no

    • @syweb2
      @syweb2 4 года назад +5

      It exists, just not as a state of matter.
      No one will argue against the existence of heat, but it isn't matter.

    • @CannibalWarlord777
      @CannibalWarlord777 4 года назад +4

      I bewildered as to how anyone can walk away from this video under the assumption that fire doesn't exist. It's literally an exothermic chemical reaction that exists objectively from our minds. Just because something isn't matter doesn't mean it doesn't exist, because if that were the case massive swaths of physics wouldn't exist.

    • @atomiccritter6492
      @atomiccritter6492 3 года назад

      @@CannibalWarlord777 photons as an example

  • @Thunderbolt604
    @Thunderbolt604 6 лет назад +840

    Everyone thinking plasma was wrong lol

    • @EdaNur-wg2cv
      @EdaNur-wg2cv 6 лет назад +212

      And almost everyone who thought that, like me, thought they were clever.. 😂

    • @aftab-shaikh
      @aftab-shaikh 6 лет назад +16

      Me too

    • @Birgus_Latro
      @Birgus_Latro 6 лет назад +28

      @@EdaNur-wg2cv Too true, too true...

    • @ZaxorVonSkyler
      @ZaxorVonSkyler 6 лет назад +4

      Same here...

    • @Boogy816
      @Boogy816 6 лет назад +4

      Yep got me

  • @somewhat1007
    @somewhat1007 6 лет назад +5

    The narrator’s voice, the animation and the background music was so relaxing 😌

  • @ClumsyPsychopath
    @ClumsyPsychopath 4 года назад +49

    Noone:
    TED: So we were thinking of introducing a new type of asmr...

    • @enriquegabriel7708
      @enriquegabriel7708 4 года назад +2

      Omg now I am looking for fire sound and classic guitar. It is very relaxing.

  • @Emilystarchild7
    @Emilystarchild7 6 лет назад +50

    This is very poetic. In science class I was thought about the attributes of living things: growing eating and dying. You might notice that fire is the exception to this observation of "life". It makes one think, maybe we all are a chemical reactions that will one day move on in a similar manner.

    • @jamesmcnulty3697
      @jamesmcnulty3697 5 лет назад +7

      This might be a bit random but maybe that links to the idea of a Phoenix: a bird of fire which never really dies. It just withers into ashes, and is then re-formed in an egg from those ashes, to create something which is physically the same as the thing which just died, but different in the sense that it is not the exact thing which died. (I explained that really badly haha).
      In the same way, a fire dies into ashes, and can be re-ignited from those ashes into another fire, which is physically the same (being a fire) as the fire which just died, but different in the sense that it existed at a different time.
      I explained all of that really badly, and it's a bit random, like I said, but I thought the general premises were pretty cool/interesting.

    • @jaghatai_bulut
      @jaghatai_bulut 5 лет назад +4

      we are chemical reactions. but thats not the onşy definiton we can be described with. its not enough to explain the human and the human condition.

    • @faustin289
      @faustin289 3 года назад

      After all, Eep was right all along. A flame is living being. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

  • @itsbk6192
    @itsbk6192 6 лет назад +7

    Fire is my mf'n mixtape and that shiz solid
    Edit: I have been scientifically humbled and have come to the resolution that my mixtape is actually as cool as an ice cube and that shiz, solid asf

  • @youaingonnaknowminenamehaha
    @youaingonnaknowminenamehaha 3 года назад

    I wish there was a playlist with songs like this.. it's so chill

  • @knowledgeiseverything63
    @knowledgeiseverything63 6 лет назад +5

    You won't believe but this question was in my mind since last week

  • @lordshagra6457
    @lordshagra6457 6 лет назад +6

    Ted-ed’s work never disappoints, loving the simplicity, animation, and the narrators. Keep up this good work 👍

  • @ZeeTaylor25
    @ZeeTaylor25 4 года назад +57

    "Eventually, though, even the hottest fires run out of fuel or oxygen. Then, those twisting flames give a final hiss and disappear with a wisp of smoke as if they were never there at all."
    ❤️

  • @salehalsayaad
    @salehalsayaad 5 лет назад +5

    Such a relaxing and comfortable experience this was 😏 thank you TedEd!

  • @rosaliebosma
    @rosaliebosma 3 года назад +12

    _Summary for those with a short attention span:_
    Q: What is fire?
    A: It isn't

  • @KimkimaOfficial
    @KimkimaOfficial 3 года назад +31

    Emotional 😭

  • @schizophreniagaming1187
    @schizophreniagaming1187 4 года назад +25

    Caveman voice: *"Fire is Fire"*

  • @Skinniest_Kween
    @Skinniest_Kween 3 года назад +6

    This is the exact question I've asked myself about shadows.

    • @permafrost8894
      @permafrost8894 3 года назад +1

      isnt darkness basically absence of light idek

    • @balkrishnadhabade327
      @balkrishnadhabade327 3 года назад

      @@permafrost8894 Yup... Darkness is Absende of Light... and shadows are too... But I have another doubt... If there was no light... there was only Darkness... so Light is absence of Dark and not dark is absence of light...

  • @nobunaga0088
    @nobunaga0088 13 дней назад

    Unexpectedly soothing for such topic

  • @rishabhmalkani9631
    @rishabhmalkani9631 6 лет назад +6

    I accidentally fell asleep while watching the video because of the background music... Thanks Ted!

  • @RainierKine
    @RainierKine 6 лет назад +5

    "Ashen one, hearest thou my voice, still?"
    Dammit, Dark Souls! Now I hear that in my head whenever a fire fades.

  • @LuisMartinez-vl7do
    @LuisMartinez-vl7do 2 года назад

    What a complex and wonderful way to describe what it seems to be a simple question to answer!

  • @steampunkhulk5559
    @steampunkhulk5559 4 года назад +39

    If fire a liquid, solid, or a gas?
    Me: yes

  • @hiawrj
    @hiawrj 6 лет назад +42

    So to sum it up: Fire is molecules glowing, because they are heated? Different molecules heated produce different colors of fire. This was like a 4 minute answer and I'm still not sure what fire is. I guess it's a gas since it's singular molecules in the air?

    • @TheSunriseAnimation
      @TheSunriseAnimation 6 лет назад +1

      I would say its a mixture of gasses that are reacting?!

    • @hiawrj
      @hiawrj 6 лет назад

      @@TheSunriseAnimation Well, gasses or liquids reacting doesn't cause a glow necessarily.

    • @zotanica
      @zotanica 6 лет назад +13

      I actually thought it was energy. Or the manifestation of the energy created in Combustion.

    • @CharDhue
      @CharDhue 6 лет назад +3

      Id vote for energy

    • @bobfake3831
      @bobfake3831 6 лет назад +15

      Its heat, plain and simple. its the very brief inonisation of the surrounding air causing atoms to get excited and sending out electrons. its a arather difficult progress

  • @karakamukkalakhajavali8001
    @karakamukkalakhajavali8001 4 года назад

    The audio mixing is superb

  • @ProfessorPolitics
    @ProfessorPolitics 6 лет назад +478

    Fire is not solid, liquid, or gas.
    It is the sound of Eminem's "Kill Shot."

  • @kingofbirds4410
    @kingofbirds4410 6 лет назад +113

    The answer is none of the above. Fire can only be shown in the form of my mixtape

    • @Lolleby
      @Lolleby 5 лет назад

      KingofBirds Ayeee🔥🔥🔥

    • @talaset6208
      @talaset6208 5 лет назад

      At least plug in, bro.

  • @Vlican
    @Vlican Месяц назад

    such a complex subject and concept, beautifully animated and explained!!!

  • @hanpritcher1766
    @hanpritcher1766 4 года назад +24

    "Hey, Ted, you okay over there?"
    "I..I can see everything!!"
    "Talk us through it, buddy."

  • @underthecoveragent1653
    @underthecoveragent1653 4 года назад +13

    Me: teacher, is fire a solid, a gas, or a liquid?
    Teacher: *thinks deeply.*
    ...
    ...
    ...
    Teacher.exe has stopped working

  • @nayelrazi1177
    @nayelrazi1177 4 года назад +1

    Nice vid. Dude...that is fantastic.

  • @jxancabuenos6301
    @jxancabuenos6301 6 лет назад +6

    Thank you for answering my questions that I didn't ask you once 😂😂😂 Thank you again!

  • @luissalcedo9209
    @luissalcedo9209 5 лет назад +5

    I’ve been wondering about this for three years
    And just found this out

  • @varshapremarajan9837
    @varshapremarajan9837 4 года назад

    Beautiful.
    The animation, explanation, voice n pace of narration n the music.
    Even with the heavy rains n cool air I felt all those sensations described here. Thank u

  • @hydraulichydra8363
    @hydraulichydra8363 4 года назад +7

    1:15 they said I had fire in my blood. I told them my passion was so much hotter than that that I didn't have fire in my blood, but plasma.

  • @spreadlove8624
    @spreadlove8624 6 лет назад +7

    Such an enchanting video. I didn’t know there’s a Ted-Ed shop. I’ll definitely check it out and may buy a few things 😊😊💖💖

  • @jahnaviketha6300
    @jahnaviketha6300 4 года назад

    I love the background music it's so calming

  • @taltalit2
    @taltalit2 4 года назад +3

    I wish I'd had the words to explain how much i enjoyed this video. Thank you for expressing in such cohesiveness. Plus, the animation is adding a lot of combustion ;)

  • @Sahilsharma-ce4ow
    @Sahilsharma-ce4ow 3 года назад +6

    Any event exists
    Gravity: Allow me to introduce myself.

    • @bluebagel8084
      @bluebagel8084 3 года назад

      I don't get it?

    • @sungit_zi
      @sungit_zi 3 года назад

      @@bluebagel8084 iknow i am a bit late but, i didnt get it either

  • @studiousboy644
    @studiousboy644 2 года назад

    3:36 It amazes me to see how accurate this video is. The exact colors in the BG are the ones that associate with heating the mentioned salt.

  • @riteshram74
    @riteshram74 6 лет назад +38

    Anyone told that fire was plasma?

    • @StealCzToG
      @StealCzToG 6 лет назад +14

      @Carlos Eduardo Canto Escamilla Would u trust
      a) a well-trusted bigass science publicing company;
      b) some random posts on the internet, that prove else, even tho actually being disregarded with facts in the a) version.

    • @matrixarsmusicworkshop561
      @matrixarsmusicworkshop561 5 лет назад

      It is

    • @matrixarsmusicworkshop561
      @matrixarsmusicworkshop561 5 лет назад

      @@StealCzToG And the vid is saying its not plasma and then proceeds to explain it is in fact plasma... like wtf

    • @Cleeon
      @Cleeon 5 лет назад

      So, 🔥 is plasma or not ?

  • @CalmAchiever
    @CalmAchiever 3 года назад +3

    What a beautiful explanation! I knew fire was a chemical reaction but now I know specifically the different pieces of the reaction. Thank you so much, TED-Ed.

  • @Treegrower
    @Treegrower 3 года назад

    The sound design in this video is amazing

  • @neiljohn3702
    @neiljohn3702 6 лет назад +5

    May the fire of our curiosity burn forever

  • @xubh_na
    @xubh_na 3 года назад +5

    When i was like 10 years old we first studied about solid liquids and gases but not plasma, i remember it was a Sunday when my father asked what matter fire falls into, and i replied "maybe it is not matter ?" He laughed and said it is plasma. Turns out my 10 year old self was right .

  • @francescocaterino2694
    @francescocaterino2694 3 года назад +1

    Finnally these were the questions I've been asking myself since I was a little kid

  • @unleashingpotential-psycho9433
    @unleashingpotential-psycho9433 6 лет назад +16

    Without fire, human beings will probably not be able to live the way that we do today.

  • @its.ybliss
    @its.ybliss 6 лет назад +13

    I now know something i'll teach to everybody tomorrow !

    • @toasttea9059
      @toasttea9059 6 лет назад

      I'll *teach to everybody tomorrow 🙂

    • @its.ybliss
      @its.ybliss 6 лет назад +1

      @@toasttea9059 N'yeah.. My english is not always perfect ^^'