Is fire a solid, a liquid, or a gas? - Elizabeth Cox
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Sitting around a campfire, you can feel its heat, smell the woody smoke, and hear it crackle. If you get too close, it burns your eyes and stings your nostrils. You could stare at the bright flames forever as they twist and flicker in endless incarnations… But what exactly are you looking at? Elizabeth Cox illuminates the science behind fire.
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Why does a fire always burn itself out eventually?
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Dương Khánh Hưng
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because it lacks fuel or heat or oxygen
itay rodan
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because It runs out of one or more of its vital components it needs which are oxygen fuel and high temperature.
E. Saraí Ramírez B.
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Because the fuel or the oxygen runs out.
Garv Goyal
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It runs out because of the lack of vital components it needs.
Htwe Htwe Myint Hlaing
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Fire is formed by using fuel, oxygen and high temperature. When any of three run out, it burns out.
Paco Becerra
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Cause the fuel is runs out! Hello from "Linguamarina channel"
Lê Đức Minh
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Because it runs out of fuel
Ashley Pham
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I think it burns out of fuel
sayana sayana
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mm because it has run out of oxygen
서연 이
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I think because it has run out of fuel or oxygen
