Just How Small is an Atom?

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  • Опубліковано 26 гру 2024
  • Just how small are atoms? And what's inside them? The answers turn out to be astounding, even for those who think they know. This fast-paced animation uses spectacular metaphors (imagine a blueberry the size of a football stadium!) to give a visceral sense of the building blocks that make our world.
    Lesson by Jonathan Bergmann, animation by Cognitive Media.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 7 тис.

  • @Ellenchattergirl
    @Ellenchattergirl 6 років тому +5501

    Fun facts:
    1.) There are 7 octillion atoms in a human body.
    2.) If there was no empty space between atoms, the entire human population could fit into an apple.

    • @littlekenny8411
      @littlekenny8411 6 років тому +251

      Between atoms or within atoms?

    • @adomali87yearsago.71
      @adomali87yearsago.71 5 років тому +132

      Wait I heard it could fit into a sugar cube

    • @zacharymogel9087
      @zacharymogel9087 5 років тому +163

      Ellen chattergirl here’s one
      Since atoms are empty space the only reason you don’t fall through them is because the electrons are repelling or pushing you away from them

    • @AyaHadil_it_is_me
      @AyaHadil_it_is_me 5 років тому +20

      😱😱😱😨😨😨😰😰😰

    • @Ironhide1125
      @Ironhide1125 5 років тому +30

      That’s more easier to understand than the guy in this video.

  • @DoomFinger511
    @DoomFinger511 8 років тому +8489

    By watching this video atoms are learning about atoms.....

    • @ruskodudesko9679
      @ruskodudesko9679 8 років тому +187

      it's our brain trying to figure more out about itself and the universe surrounding it - although you must know, our brain communicates with electrical signals called "action potentials" and isn't all atoms, there is much much more that composes the human conscience

    • @spinkles8660
      @spinkles8660 8 років тому +59

      Consciousness* and no, there isn't really "much much more" at all. Maybe also isolated electrons if you will.

    • @nightell4099
      @nightell4099 8 років тому +24

      did u notice the gorila

    • @DoomFinger511
      @DoomFinger511 8 років тому +41

      rusko dudesko you're the type of dude people hate to watch movies with.

    • @Invisible12345ful
      @Invisible12345ful 8 років тому +11

      Memories are not a matter, your statement is wrong!

  • @okie9025
    @okie9025 6 років тому +3115

    I like how the narrator thought Imperial units would be easier to understand than Metric

    • @markcox8256
      @markcox8256 6 років тому +169

      Wow wow wow who's to say your FOOTBALL STADIUMS are a widely recognisable size comparative anyway?

    • @zacharymogel9087
      @zacharymogel9087 5 років тому +32

      Bunny yea in density I only understand grams per cubic centimeter or g/cubic cm

    • @yeahoh2222
      @yeahoh2222 5 років тому +9

      Lol ikr

    • @cheesychipmunk8382
      @cheesychipmunk8382 5 років тому +28

      *T H A T 'S A M E R I C A B I T C H*

    • @whyit487
      @whyit487 5 років тому +92

      @@markcox8256 *_I'm American and I still don't know how big a football stadium is._*

  • @mierzaaman3885
    @mierzaaman3885 5 років тому +580

    The way he talk, Disney should create a character of him

  • @emmavrijburg6676
    @emmavrijburg6676 3 роки тому +459

    I remember having an existential crisis during chemistry once when I first learned “nothing” is between the nucleus and the electrons.
    I came home and I was all like “everything is empty, I’m empty, the universe is empty. We’re all just chucks of somethings floating around in pure nothingness”

    • @dukeon
      @dukeon 3 роки тому +20

      I had a similar reaction when I started thinking about forces. How can two things separated from one another *by empty space* possibly affect each other??? I went on to study physics and now I know about particles that ‘mediate’ forces as well as fields that, say give some particles mass (the Higgs field). But it never really makes sense, and the further inward you go the less sense it makes. Now I watch a lot of documentaries about history.

    • @alang.2054
      @alang.2054 3 роки тому +5

      @@dukeon I dont belive u really think that gravitation is a real force, It's just property of space itself. Imo gravitons do not exist, gravitational waves is enough for our understanding of physics

    • @riyascorner9198
      @riyascorner9198 3 роки тому +4

      Hehe same but we have a purpose for why we’re here becuase God planned it.

    • @emmavrijburg6676
      @emmavrijburg6676 3 роки тому +10

      @@riyascorner9198 yeah im not religious

    • @pikachupi3364
      @pikachupi3364 3 роки тому +3

      It is not empty space but for the sake of simplicity, pretend it is. It would probably make your brain cells die if you go and try to answer what the empty space is. Not actually

  • @spurgurnaspurgelius2390
    @spurgurnaspurgelius2390 3 роки тому +436

    A 5 minute video taught me more than 5 hours worth of classes back in highschool.

    • @racecardriverrr4201
      @racecardriverrr4201 3 роки тому +13

      bad teachers hurt me on another level

    • @philosofar
      @philosofar 3 роки тому +4

      5 hours ! Make it our whole schooling life ! Gosh ! Wish we had UA-cam back in my schooling days ! HEHE

    • @jasonspades5628
      @jasonspades5628 3 роки тому +7

      No it didn't.

    • @honeyman6006
      @honeyman6006 3 роки тому

      @@jasonspades5628 its a joke (kind of)

    • @jasonspades5628
      @jasonspades5628 3 роки тому

      @@honeyman6006 ...oh..

  • @kevinpham9563
    @kevinpham9563 7 років тому +499

    The world is basically mostly empty space?

    • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
      @NeutralGuyDoubleZero 6 років тому +29

      Joseph Stalin Technically there is no such thing as true emptiness. The world, (aka the earth), has an atmosphere filled with oxygen and nitrogen and hydrogen particles that you breathe and make up the air around you. Even in space it's not fully empty. Scientists have theorized that it's actually filled with something called dark energy and dark matter. They don't actually know what it is, but they do know it gives off some level of low radiation.

    • @creditsunknown7974
      @creditsunknown7974 6 років тому +16

      NeutralGuyDoubleZero yeah but there still is vacumms

    • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
      @NeutralGuyDoubleZero 6 років тому +8

      +Credits uknown Yes but even vacuums have some form of unidentified matter in them.

    • @creditsunknown7974
      @creditsunknown7974 6 років тому +1

      NeutralGuyDoubleZero how do you know

    • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
      @NeutralGuyDoubleZero 6 років тому +4

      +Credits unknown Read my first reply to Stalin

  • @angeliniac
    @angeliniac 4 роки тому +182

    *"But- I bet you've never really thought about how small atoms are"*
    Me, who's had existential crisis because I think about it so much:
    *"i w i l l f i g h t y o u"*

    • @legendgames128
      @legendgames128 4 роки тому +11

      You use energy from atoms to fight atoms. You are stuck in this inception.

  • @SoloBeans
    @SoloBeans 6 років тому +1262

    Lets split the atom an half they said!
    It will be fun they said!

    • @tenzonium
      @tenzonium 6 років тому +26

      You can't cut an atom in half; they are INDIVISIBLE

    • @christiancordova1283
      @christiancordova1283 6 років тому +65

      Shardul Singh its for nuclear power

    • @elshabonneveras8769
      @elshabonneveras8769 6 років тому +33

      Shardul Singh You can, you have quarks

    • @aldopadron1520
      @aldopadron1520 6 років тому +4

      No one actually did that, man

    • @rheyse2721
      @rheyse2721 6 років тому +33

      He probably is talking about the difference between splitting an atom and cutting an atom, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @jacobmartin8332
    @jacobmartin8332 6 років тому +399

    The density thing really blew my mind. This was very well put together. 👍

    • @loleq2137
      @loleq2137 5 років тому +1

      Thumb👍up⬆into the😳air♒

    • @zaid9026
      @zaid9026 2 роки тому +2

      "We shall soon show these (disbelievers for their guidance) Our signs even in the remotest regions (of the earth) and in their own persons until it becomes quite manifest to them that this (Qur'ân) is the lasting truth infact. Is it not enough (for them) that your Lord indeed keeps watch over everything?"
      the holly quran chapter 41 verse 53

    • @mrfake5251
      @mrfake5251 2 роки тому +1

      Avagadro's Constant

    • @iamBlackGambit
      @iamBlackGambit Рік тому

      Right that's literally impossible in the real world!!! You can't even get a tire in a 1 foot box let alone 6 billion smalls cars!!! How is that possible!!???

  • @cardace2063
    @cardace2063 5 років тому +666

    *Brain.exe has stopped working*

  • @planetdesign4681
    @planetdesign4681 5 років тому +63

    Guy: *holds atom in fingers*
    Atom: *Snaps in half*
    Guy: Oh fu-

    • @janeli5014
      @janeli5014 5 років тому +1

      +Goosey Fish. you can not cut a atom using just hands.

    • @matthewstone2545
      @matthewstone2545 4 роки тому +6

      @@janeli5014 r/wooosh

    • @janeli5014
      @janeli5014 4 роки тому

      @Matthew Stone bruh

    • @janeli5014
      @janeli5014 4 роки тому

      IM EXPLAINING!

    • @tekgewet
      @tekgewet 4 роки тому +4

      @@janeli5014 still woooosh moment

  • @manny27392
    @manny27392 10 років тому +223

    People who study atoms are just a lot of atoms trying to figure out what they are made of.

    • @lina4401
      @lina4401 10 років тому +40

      And the brain invented a name for itself :D

    • @thesenatorialist3993
      @thesenatorialist3993 3 роки тому +3

      Says a lot of atoms trying to figure out themselves

  • @eondelta6011
    @eondelta6011 6 років тому +404

    Oh wait, what are atoms made of?
    "Quarks"
    How small are they?
    "5.2 yactometers"

    • @cringebob965
      @cringebob965 6 років тому +2

      Stasis Delta what are quarks made of?

    • @ron4372
      @ron4372 6 років тому +35

      Cringe Bob they are made of planck particle and planck are made of quantum space fabric
      (my brain is heating when imagine those things)

    • @cringebob965
      @cringebob965 6 років тому +3

      Herman Dinova what is quantum space fabric made of?

    • @ron4372
      @ron4372 6 років тому +20

      Cringe Bob i said my brain is heating i cannot thinking now

    • @siggiarabi
      @siggiarabi 6 років тому +40

      it's been 3 days, has your brain cooled off?

  • @mcveysrirajan5015
    @mcveysrirajan5015 6 років тому +224

    I remember me at the age of 7, watching this same video, thinking Kg/m cubed and lb/ft cubed are like advanced mathematics symbols that only the top-tier scientists use...

    • @legendgames128
      @legendgames128 4 роки тому +1

      It is actually quite simple to use both. It is a mere ratio.

    • @neftalitincoq8904
      @neftalitincoq8904 3 роки тому +22

      Yes, of course. But he was 7 yo, dont miss the point

    • @dlrss1v274
      @dlrss1v274 Рік тому

      LMFAOO

  • @mikaylajoy1547
    @mikaylajoy1547 5 років тому +43

    Me: Watches video
    Also me: 5:07

  • @BAGELMENSK
    @BAGELMENSK 8 років тому +1560

    this video is weirdly disturbing, just in how it's animated.....

    • @stagger9660
      @stagger9660 8 років тому +18

      LordMatt48 yeah. but i cant describe why tho?

    • @clinicalobsession616
      @clinicalobsession616 8 років тому +69

      yeah.
      The motion is unnatural (darn you flash animation.... It's hard to make flash animation look good.) The random 3D hurts my brain a bit because it doesn't fit well, and the art style is horrible.

    • @rumbleman65
      @rumbleman65 8 років тому +3

      LordMatt48 totally agree - probably good for 5 year olds

    • @cooldude2251
      @cooldude2251 7 років тому +22

      especially when they were filling the earth. like it was just unsettling.

    • @memeslut5374
      @memeslut5374 7 років тому +25

      For me it was the blueberry

  • @Sebkarp0
    @Sebkarp0 6 років тому +566

    The switch in animation style at 1:14 almost gave me an epileptic seizure...

    • @nile2128
      @nile2128 6 років тому +4

      Sebkarp0 lol

    • @elcardinez
      @elcardinez 6 років тому +2

      Sebkarp0 r

    • @baba_treesh
      @baba_treesh 6 років тому +4

      XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

    • @vichotarr
      @vichotarr 6 років тому +4

      Find, nine circles wave (dont do it if you realy are epilectic)

    • @vacui1
      @vacui1 5 років тому +1

      Glad to know im not the only one XD

  • @neamtu7067
    @neamtu7067 5 років тому +1087

    When he changed the metric units to imperial I almost quit the video

  • @phoenixmascellino4438
    @phoenixmascellino4438 3 роки тому +6

    The intros at the beggining of the video (the music) are always so nostalgic and calm yet irregular and strange.

  • @anthonyrymer4391
    @anthonyrymer4391 8 років тому +321

    Splitting the atom sounds even more cool after watching this video!

  • @kenna5077
    @kenna5077 6 років тому +100

    This was the 7th grade science class's introduction to chemistry imagine how confused the kids were the whole class XD

  • @Person47
    @Person47 6 років тому +201

    4:16 thats how rgb works

  • @安-y1j
    @安-y1j 4 роки тому +31

    8 years later, I still end up here from science class~

  • @alansmithee419
    @alansmithee419 5 років тому +525

    "I'll put it in English units!"
    *converts English units to american units*
    Edit: as people keep quoting incredibly helpful and totally not annoying history facts they've uselessly crammed into their heads for no reason, I feel the need to clarify. I do not care where the units came from, or who used them first or why, only where they *are used now.* Wherever metric is used, metric is of that place. Metric is English units, metric is French units, it is Canadian units etc. Imperial is american units, because that's where it's used.

    • @bigdogkgh8945
      @bigdogkgh8945 5 років тому +2

      alan smithee English is sometimes American

    • @vladimirjosh6575
      @vladimirjosh6575 5 років тому +3

      @@bigdogkgh8945 *_JUST 'SOMETIMES' BUT CHIEFLY BRITAIN!_*

    • @kubatutak9452
      @kubatutak9452 5 років тому +24

      America vs world:
      America: ft, lbs, miles
      World: kg, g, m, km

    • @stantorren4400
      @stantorren4400 5 років тому +2

      btw imperial are british

    • @snowdrop9810
      @snowdrop9810 5 років тому +1

      The thing is they are british units but only america still uses the british units and not britain cause america.

  • @Exachad
    @Exachad 8 років тому +534

    You forgot to mention 99.9999999% of the atom is empty space.(not exaggerated)
    That's why the actual density of the whole atom becomes much lower but when you compress those atoms and fill up the empty space and get trillions of those compressed atoms you get neutron stars which have immensely powerful gravity.

    • @pepsalt
      @pepsalt 8 років тому +4

      Well neutron stars are made of nuclei quarks which is made of illusionique energy which resembles solidity.

    • @Exachad
      @Exachad 8 років тому +3

      Azure Blue That's nonsense. You don't even know what you're talking about.

    • @pepsalt
      @pepsalt 8 років тому +1

      Do I not? Illusionique - Something that acts like an illusion. And yes there is energy acting as a solid and I meant *Nuclei which is made up of quarks

    • @Exachad
      @Exachad 8 років тому +6

      Azure Blue Btw nuclei are made of protons and neutrons which are made of 2 up and one down quark.

    • @pepsalt
      @pepsalt 8 років тому +2

      +Akshay Sharma Yes and many other thingd like gluons

  • @010adityakapoor6
    @010adityakapoor6 7 років тому +573

    To understand small things we compare it with big things
    And to understand big things we compare it with small ones
    😂😂

    • @RS-gs1vg
      @RS-gs1vg 6 років тому

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Subhash_Patel_
      @Subhash_Patel_ 6 років тому +13

      To understand anything we compare it with the thing we already know

    • @neutronstar6739
      @neutronstar6739 6 років тому +1

      l e t ' s c o m p a r e i t w i t h a f o o t b a l l f i e l d

    • @legendgames128
      @legendgames128 4 роки тому

      So basically a differential equation?

    • @legendgames128
      @legendgames128 4 роки тому

      @@neutronstar6739 Which one? The widely accepted football field (Soccer) or the hated on, it should die in a hole football field (Pigskin, which is the name of the ball we Americans use.)

  • @Khadar2
    @Khadar2 Рік тому +7

    This has to be my favourite ted ed video just because how energetic it is

  • @henryng2809
    @henryng2809 5 років тому +398

    After watching this I have learned that.....
    The earth is a grapefruit?

    • @aRandomwacko
      @aRandomwacko 5 років тому +8

      Me (for some random reason): ... **Annoying orange flashbacks**

    • @saviormz
      @saviormz 5 років тому +8

      Actually, it's a blueberry.

    • @cringeisamindsetbabe
      @cringeisamindsetbabe 5 років тому +4

      Henry Ng yes and atoms are blue berries.

    • @dcmk4683
      @dcmk4683 5 років тому

      my house is a blueberry

    • @kiana2147
      @kiana2147 4 роки тому +1

      I don’t even know anymore I am forced to me here (school)

  • @siggiarabi
    @siggiarabi 6 років тому +203

    "ill put it in english units"
    *puts it in the ameritard system*

    • @JBIsDoingStuff
      @JBIsDoingStuff 4 роки тому +4

      it was originally english

    • @vickmann8579
      @vickmann8579 4 роки тому

      Englissssh...tard..ooo🤤

    • @sir.op3429
      @sir.op3429 4 роки тому +13

      YEAH I SURE WANNA USE CHEESEBURGERS PER BALD EAGLE INSTEAD OF *ACTUAL UNITS*

    • @Dat_Boy_Dale_Gribble
      @Dat_Boy_Dale_Gribble 4 роки тому +2

      You mean the system used by the only country that stood up to the Soviet Union and has been to the moon?

    • @sir.op3429
      @sir.op3429 4 роки тому +5

      @@Dat_Boy_Dale_Gribble woooooooooow woooooooooow thanks for reminding me
      Humanity is represented by you americans! All hail the USA!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
      By that I mean that the Moon has the american flag! Couldn't we create anything to represent all countries and not just the USA? Of course not.

  • @ianthebubbian6182
    @ianthebubbian6182 7 років тому +341

    5:14 "I think I'm tired. OOOOOAHHHHHAHUM"
    Pours coffee

    • @spacewhale8279
      @spacewhale8279 7 років тому +11

      Ian the Bubbian Why did you have to type it?

    • @johnnezomporohs5184
      @johnnezomporohs5184 7 років тому +11

      we all watched the video pal, you're not special for typing out something you saw.

    • @AlFredo-sx2yy
      @AlFredo-sx2yy 7 років тому +25

      i think he is trying to point out how unnecessary that was to put in the video.

    • @nile2128
      @nile2128 7 років тому +9

      I found this funny for some reason

    • @fadlan4494
      @fadlan4494 7 років тому +5

      smoking wand its funny because of how unnecessary i t is

  • @exploreanything20yearsago95
    @exploreanything20yearsago95 3 роки тому +1

    I am weak to understand in English, but i have fallen in love with this channel

  • @Tekkenman101
    @Tekkenman101 9 років тому +121

    The one thing I hated about this video is the outdated atomic model. Please up-vote this so people understand that electrons are not swirling around a nuclear like some roller-coaster. Jimmy Neutron isn't real life. Electron Orbital clouds is the correct way to demonstrate atoms. Also, I didn't have a problem with him using the term "empty space" but they should have put an asterisk next to that because there is no such thing as COMPLETELY empty space in our observable universe. It's a colloquial term used to simplify the issue.
    Other than that this was a cool video for educating people on how small atoms are.

    • @theos4931
      @theos4931 9 років тому

      Hi, can you elaborate on the "electron orbital clouds"? are you saying electrons are static and not whizzing around the nucleus?

    • @Tekkenman101
      @Tekkenman101 9 років тому

      Electrons do "move" but not in defined patterns as far as we can tell. There are regions, or clouds around a nucleus with different percentages of probability. For example, there can be a higher chance for an electron to be in one particular region than another in any given moment. However, they do pop up and disappear from moment to moment. It's also impossible to measure BOTH the momentum and location of an electron, you can only do one at a time.

    • @AdoobII25
      @AdoobII25 9 років тому

      +Al “Tekken” Dano the electrons are jumping around the the nuclear in a cloudy form :3

    • @Lapusso650
      @Lapusso650 9 років тому +10

      He did specify your point about empty space. You weren't listening

    • @maxviraj
      @maxviraj 9 років тому

      +Al “Tekken” Dano it isnt that detail....
      n also he just named 3 elementary particles ... whats abt bosons etc..

  • @cheesesssessses2222
    @cheesesssessses2222 8 років тому +383

    3:20 gg this will bring back harambe

    • @nolan738
      @nolan738 8 років тому +4

      Just was about to make a Haramble joke at this time mark XDDDDD

    • @cheesesssessses2222
      @cheesesssessses2222 8 років тому +1

      lmaoo
      but the main question is...
      will ur joke bring back harambe?

    • @nolan738
      @nolan738 8 років тому

      XPumpkins no... :''(

    • @cheesesssessses2222
      @cheesesssessses2222 8 років тому

      NolanTheGamer :'''''''''''''''( reep harambe

    • @nolan738
      @nolan738 8 років тому

      XPumpkins r3st in p3p3roni

  • @pander22
    @pander22 10 років тому +32

    Complicated. This is all you need to know: There are 9,500,000 skin cells on a square inch of your body. And there are 100,000,000,000,000 atoms in a single cell.
    Done.

  • @superuser777
    @superuser777 Рік тому +13

    This really changed my perspective of how small an atom could be. I was totally clueless it was this small, like I'm still kinda in shock with the density thing! 🤯🤯💀

  • @Jesse_Meyer
    @Jesse_Meyer 8 років тому +131

    Love how he said kg and m weren't English.

    • @xkilla911
      @xkilla911 7 років тому +14

      AMERICANISH

    • @stantorren4400
      @stantorren4400 5 років тому

      except english is british so is imperial

    • @legendgames128
      @legendgames128 4 роки тому

      Ok, can we just, y'know... take the visuals of the fricking cars?! Let's stop complaining.

  • @Meclarence2
    @Meclarence2 8 років тому +189

    The atom is still bigger, than the size of a lot of people's brains in the comment section.

    • @natehoffmaster6726
      @natehoffmaster6726 7 років тому +27

      You're the one who put a comma between "bigger" and "than".

    • @frostbittenwinds9703
      @frostbittenwinds9703 7 років тому +4

      Lol sandwich you're wrong. Our brains are the size of the nucleus not the atom

    • @spacewhale8279
      @spacewhale8279 7 років тому +1

      The Perfect Sandwich ikr

    • @johnnezomporohs5184
      @johnnezomporohs5184 7 років тому +2

      The Perfect Sandwich and your brain is in there too right

    • @MetaDecker
      @MetaDecker 7 років тому +3

      The video did mention density..

  • @jasondeng7677
    @jasondeng7677 6 років тому +95

    a large amount of atoms is teaching a large amount of atoms about atoms

  • @Punch_Card
    @Punch_Card Рік тому +24

    Let's take a moment to appreciate just how smooth the animation is

  • @alisquared847
    @alisquared847 6 років тому +22

    When he summarized everything in the end i thought he would come up with something new,other than 'im tired'

  • @AyaHadil_it_is_me
    @AyaHadil_it_is_me 5 років тому +300

    " The atom is made up of vast regions of empty spaces "
    That's why I feel emptiness inside me most of the time 😂😂

    • @DCBfanboy
      @DCBfanboy 5 років тому +13

      Lmao that's unsettlingly depressing, cynic and humorous at the same time x')
      I love dark humor

    • @kevinpatty119
      @kevinpatty119 4 роки тому +4

      lol... Thats deep XD. also you just roasted yourself XD.

    • @blauwbeer556
      @blauwbeer556 4 роки тому +2

      @@kevinpatty119 you posted this 4 months ago, i wanted to see if your opinion has changed,

    • @WagonBurnerKen
      @WagonBurnerKen 3 роки тому +1

      Understandable have a great day-
      I get the joke tho lol

    • @WagonBurnerKen
      @WagonBurnerKen 3 роки тому +1

      @@blauwbeer556 you mean a year ago lol-
      what about your thoughts? You posted that reply 8 months ago

  • @eac-ox2ly
    @eac-ox2ly 8 років тому +21

    You probably already know that everything is made of little tiny things called *Adams*.

    • @jasper5622
      @jasper5622 7 років тому

      Voshchronos dun dun dun *click click* dun dun dun *click click* dun dun dun duuuun...

  • @shannon_total.wellness
    @shannon_total.wellness 11 місяців тому +1

    Loved this! Entertaining and my kids (7&9) understood the explanation!

  • @pijn2370
    @pijn2370 7 років тому +621

    I still don't understand how small is the atom.

    • @kristijanmadhukar516
      @kristijanmadhukar516 7 років тому +87

      Imagine the smallest thing you can think of and then scrap it because its not even close then imagine an even smaller thing then scrap it again (its like your not even trying) then imagine something not the even entirity of the human race can comprehend and then scrap that because its useless then imagine an even smaller thing and you get the point (stop trying nobody can)

    • @pijn2370
      @pijn2370 7 років тому +6

      Kristijan Madhukar hahahaha

    • @brandilchu
      @brandilchu 7 років тому +4

      Small

    • @pijn2370
      @pijn2370 7 років тому +2

      Brandi Chu Indeed. Small. D.

    • @jacobrubin2591
      @jacobrubin2591 6 років тому +9

      Compare a blueberry to the earth there you go...

  • @MakiD2010
    @MakiD2010 10 років тому +59

    If you think Protons and Neutrons are small, wait till you see Quarks.

    • @fararrarara6769
      @fararrarara6769 10 років тому +24

      And strings?

    • @MakiD2010
      @MakiD2010 10 років тому +6

      Farar Rarara Haha now we're going even smaller.

    • @cedriceveleigh
      @cedriceveleigh 10 років тому +2

      Farar Rarara How small are strings relative to quarks? How small are quarks relative to protons?

    • @Faren_
      @Faren_ 10 років тому

      Quarks are made out of Strings.

    • @Zeletta
      @Zeletta 10 років тому +6

      JiaMing Lim Unfortunately it is too small to look at, would have to put it in the CERN particle accelerator and check the results

  • @alexandermller829
    @alexandermller829 6 років тому +50

    I didnt understand the part where u started to were u ended...

  • @lifegaming3332
    @lifegaming3332 3 роки тому +1

    This channel is a gem

  • @WalrusQuake
    @WalrusQuake 8 років тому +283

    This is the weirdest fucking Ted-Talk I've ever watched

  • @markjason2
    @markjason2 11 років тому +26

    Wow The animation is getting better and better. This is great for me i am a visual learner, It helps me a a lot! way to go ted :) I am addicted to your channel.

  • @jackscepter5802
    @jackscepter5802 7 років тому +86

    Atoms are 99.999999999 empty space so everything you see is 99.999999999 nothing that's amazing!

    • @daviddunson5181
      @daviddunson5181 6 років тому +18

      Jack Scepter no wonder i feel so empty inside

    • @matijos2442
      @matijos2442 6 років тому +1

      so my PC is just nothing???

    • @drvir
      @drvir 6 років тому

      Matijoss Pro You and me are nothing

    • @williamchristian246
      @williamchristian246 5 років тому +1

      That still cant explain my weight

    • @milandavid7223
      @milandavid7223 3 роки тому +1

      A magnet doesn't have to be very big to affect another magnet far away, it's not really about the conventional size of the atom, rather how far it's forces exceed.

  • @FakhriaNoori
    @FakhriaNoori 3 роки тому +34

    A story goes two men were working on the fusion of machine and man. To exponentially increase the capabilities of human physiology and intelligence, they wanted to inject nanochips into the body that once inside, integrated with the body at a cellular level.
    They experimented on small animals, namely mice, finding their intelligence was off the charts. These mice could solve puzzles at astonishing rates. They outlived their unaltered counterparts by months, even years. They would sit and patiently wait for their next task knowing food was their reward.
    One day, one of the men, in his haste, injected the solution into his bloodstream. He eventually developed the ability to see at a subatomic level. His partner was unaware until they found his body with a gun in his hand. He had shot himself. Next to him was a suicide note that read one line.
    “It’s empty inside”

    • @brianbrown2237
      @brianbrown2237 2 роки тому +5

      Uhhhh, ok 😶😬

    • @user.nara1341
      @user.nara1341 Рік тому +1

      underrated comment

    • @FakhriaNoori
      @FakhriaNoori Рік тому +1

      Coming back to read my post one year later.. wondering if I had a few too many 😂

  • @JukesMcGee
    @JukesMcGee 7 років тому +17

    So, because these atoms are so incredibly dense, is that why nuclear bombs are so powerful? Because the energy holding the atom together is split in a chain reaction?

    • @patankbros
      @patankbros 6 років тому +1

      Whoa atoms are actually not dense. A huge amount of energy is released when an atom is split, causing the massive explosion. There is actually a ton of empty space in an agom

    • @mchevre
      @mchevre 6 років тому +4

      OP probably meant to say the nucleus is dense, not the whole atom

  • @mr.coconut2310
    @mr.coconut2310 8 років тому +122

    3:18 haramber pops up in all the unexpected places.

  • @saiyanboi734
    @saiyanboi734 7 років тому +639

    i didnt understand the part where you said the density of the nucleus is 6b cars crashed,like what?

    • @OrangeBroom
      @OrangeBroom 7 років тому +133

      Saiyan boi Crushed, as in condensed. Same mass in less volume

    • @theshowgamer2742
      @theshowgamer2742 7 років тому +80

      You would have to squish all 6b of those cars into a 1x1 box

    • @kristofihans6626
      @kristofihans6626 7 років тому +31

      But aren't the cars made out of many , many atoms ?

    • @rocket1380
      @rocket1380 7 років тому +78

      If you took the mass of 6.2 billion cars, and fit it into a 1*1*1 box, the box would have the same density of a nucleus.

    • @ShawnDypxz
      @ShawnDypxz 7 років тому +4

      That was actually 5.66 trillion cars of 2 tonnes squished into 1 ft^3 box.....Calculate

  • @unnamedscribble-auttp
    @unnamedscribble-auttp 8 місяців тому +1

    "how many atoms are in a grapefruit?" is actually pretty funny without context

  • @ASlyF0x
    @ASlyF0x 7 років тому +11

    It all leads up to a simple answer:
    It's very small.

  • @heathertaylor8904
    @heathertaylor8904 9 років тому +6

    i......just.......
    wow. the universe and everything in it never ceases for a fraction of a moment to blow my mind I'm the most fantastical ways.

  • @TSPxEclipse
    @TSPxEclipse 8 років тому +100

    Imperial units are weird and I'm an american. I like base 10 unit systems like the metric system because of my OCD. 10mm=1cm, 10cm=1dm, 10dm=1m, 10m=1dkm, 10dkm=1hm, 10hm=1km, etc.

    • @boredphysicist
      @boredphysicist 8 років тому

      Decameter isn't dkm btw

    • @TSPxEclipse
      @TSPxEclipse 8 років тому +6

      Antichrist You can only blame American educational institutions like high school for that.

    • @boredphysicist
      @boredphysicist 8 років тому +6

      noah roberts yes because america is bad. It is SO Nationalist (not patriotic) because patriotism is being proud of your country NOT believing that it is better than everyone elses. It abandons logic like metric measurements because it is obsessed with being different

    • @montyoh5243
      @montyoh5243 8 років тому +3

      I don't agree with this comment, but I had to like it because it had 9 likes. The imperial system doesn't bother my OCD, but 9 likes instead of 10 does. It is really weird how OCD works.

    • @tatawijaya4756
      @tatawijaya4756 8 років тому

      Wheel on the bus

  • @FallenTimber
    @FallenTimber 2 роки тому +3

    My favorite analogy related to atoms is that there are more atoms in a grain of sand than there are stars in the entire universe.

    • @gina2930
      @gina2930 Рік тому

      Really? I find that hard to believe.

  • @atravellingbleach8668
    @atravellingbleach8668 5 років тому +239

    It's as small as the chances for a women hitting me up

  • @Windows035
    @Windows035 8 років тому +159

    electrons out for harambe

    • @decatengt887
      @decatengt887 7 років тому +4

      nah fam i like my protons fresh

    • @MrSagaTeller
      @MrSagaTeller 6 років тому

      You guys know you're awesome? xD

  • @Ironhide1125
    @Ironhide1125 5 років тому +115

    I’m just wandering here how tf do we know that atoms exist.

    • @kayleew5202
      @kayleew5202 3 роки тому +2

      idk lol

    • @khodibritton8368
      @khodibritton8368 3 роки тому +37

      We looked really, really, _really_ closely.

    • @thefoolsfavorite
      @thefoolsfavorite 3 роки тому +4

      good question, *I don't know*

    • @BrockCombs
      @BrockCombs 3 роки тому +13

      It starts with a thought experiment that eventually lead to real experiments. Science.

    • @fumuso
      @fumuso 3 роки тому +9

      the answer is science

  • @noxtorism
    @noxtorism 10 місяців тому +1

    Cant believe this was my first TED ED video i watched

  • @Jon12317
    @Jon12317 11 років тому +8

    This is FANTASTIC

  • @BrianSu
    @BrianSu 9 років тому +7

    This is why neutron stars are so incredibly dense

    • @nihal2055
      @nihal2055 9 років тому

      yea one teaspoon full of it weighs really huge ...

  • @yektako
    @yektako 8 років тому +83

    This video makes everything more complicated

    • @emmanuelstyles6345
      @emmanuelstyles6345 8 років тому +8

      That just means you have a lot left to learn.

    • @channaduminda5072
      @channaduminda5072 8 років тому

      :D

    • @ruskodudesko9679
      @ruskodudesko9679 8 років тому

      that's basic not even stepping into intro to chem stuff man - it get 1000000x more complex :D - and 1000000x more mind blowing and amazing

    • @ParanoeX
      @ParanoeX 8 років тому +2

      yeah.. pretty much the only way to give them a scale without zooming in and.. yeah, why not just zoom in?

    • @Flash_345
      @Flash_345 7 років тому

      Means you didn't know anything in the first place.

  • @sonyabadass
    @sonyabadass 4 роки тому +1

    what blows my mind is how this creature, human being knows all of these things!

  • @TheLemonyBard
    @TheLemonyBard 8 років тому +8

    It's been awhile since my mind has been blown THAT hard! One of the best explanations to wrap one's head around something that I've ever heard.

  • @SFABMAS
    @SFABMAS 9 років тому +4

    This video's animation is one of the best in Ted Ed.

  • @RaaZVan99
    @RaaZVan99 9 років тому +12

    But if they are so small, how did scientists discover how many protons/neutrons does it have ? Or how did they come to say that : "oh, look, this is an electron and this is a proton !" ? This questions absolutely blow my mind :0

    • @RaaZVan99
      @RaaZVan99 9 років тому

      Viktor Hofer Well, I did both and got the obvious answer : "through experiments". No further explications though

    • @sergiodelgadinho
      @sergiodelgadinho 9 років тому

      ***** Do you know how a microscope works? It lets the scientists zoom in, closer and closer to something. It's that simple. Then they give names acording either to their own names (the scientists names) or according to the function of things they find.

    • @RaaZVan99
      @RaaZVan99 9 років тому +30

      Lunick Martins You can't zoom in on an atom, it's just way too small

    • @sergiodelgadinho
      @sergiodelgadinho 9 років тому

      ***** wow NOW you know stuff xD I'm pretty sure they can though, but you may be right :).

    • @RaaZVan99
      @RaaZVan99 9 років тому +4

      Lunick Martins Not sure of electron microscopes though =D

  • @user-dm7sr8eo5j
    @user-dm7sr8eo5j 4 роки тому +6

    Video:Just how small is an atom?
    Quarks:Let us introduce ourselves

    • @tomasbalnionis1399
      @tomasbalnionis1399 4 роки тому +2

      Quarks: already showing off about their victory
      Also Quarks: yea! I also got a trophy for being the tiniest
      Preons: oi! Gimme dat trophy for being the tiniest thing.

    • @UltraVibeProductions
      @UltraVibeProductions 4 роки тому

      Planck Particles: * bellowing laughter *

    • @legendgames128
      @legendgames128 4 роки тому

      @yeahSOwhat you aren't advanced enough in science to know what they truly are. Watch a video about these particles.

    • @legendgames128
      @legendgames128 4 роки тому

      @yeahSOwhat I may have misunderstood your comment.

  • @maryroserivera7946
    @maryroserivera7946 5 років тому +71

    Imagine an atom was a marble
    How big would your fist be?
    Earth

    • @JMS_Rex
      @JMS_Rex 3 роки тому

      Thats the relative.....
      It would feel very well the same as we are...

    • @gam8052
      @gam8052 3 роки тому

      Arent everything the same? As an atom will be as big as a marble and the atoms of everything around us become a size of a marble therefore the *proportion will be 1:1.* However, energy doesn't rely on atoms whether light energy, sound energy, and etc. Therefore *the energy will be different.* Also what if an atom is as big as marble, would the *marble be infinite size*

  • @ohyeahyeahyeahyeah6841
    @ohyeahyeahyeahyeah6841 5 років тому +59

    Short answer : extremely tiny
    Long answer : thid video

  • @smooooth_
    @smooooth_ 8 років тому +19

    Don't watch this video while high, I repeat DONT watch this video while high

    • @johnchesterfield9726
      @johnchesterfield9726 8 років тому +10

      It's too late... I already grabbed a grapefruit, cut up in half, stuffed blueberries in it, and flushed it down the toilet... I thought I was an evil genius that flushed down planet Earth...

    • @jamesjones6201
      @jamesjones6201 8 років тому +2

      +John Chesterfield reading that comment high is also not very good

    • @endlessvibe8054
      @endlessvibe8054 8 років тому

      +Smooooth I am so high rn lmfao

  • @Alex_science
    @Alex_science 4 роки тому +2

    Fantastic explanation.
    I really would like to understand why some people mark thumbs down for a video like this.

    • @hihungryimdad
      @hihungryimdad 2 роки тому

      Probably kids who had to watch this in school

  • @LarsMartinGihle
    @LarsMartinGihle 8 років тому +14

    I learned more in this video then i did in entire science class.

    • @Jonwo434
      @Jonwo434 7 років тому

      U learn nothing in science class so that makes cents

    • @MetaDecker
      @MetaDecker 7 років тому

      You learn nothing in English class. That makes "cents".

    • @user-vo8zx1db6m
      @user-vo8zx1db6m 7 років тому +1

      What science class did you go two? 2nd grade?

    • @MetaDecker
      @MetaDecker 7 років тому

      What English class did you go TO? Damn, two in a row LOL... Non English-speaking mofo's.

    • @user-vo8zx1db6m
      @user-vo8zx1db6m 7 років тому

      Yeah, it's 3 in the morning here.

  • @alexshao4673
    @alexshao4673 8 років тому +22

    3:22 RIP Harambe.

    • @helplesslylost5903
      @helplesslylost5903 7 років тому

      May he Rest In Peace

    • @zappy595
      @zappy595 7 років тому

      only acceptable because this comment is from 2016, you sir recieve a free pass, but *you have been warned*

  • @decatengt887
    @decatengt887 7 років тому +203

    i love watching this when im high af

  • @hacerbektas4463
    @hacerbektas4463 Рік тому

    This is a great example for small kids, as you see, at the beginning of the montage, you see ted is holding an atom, while he is already made of atoms. Look, spiritually as he is speaking, at the end of the montage, he teaches you the density, of an atom. That’s all information I have about the montage. If your reading this, I appreciate you.

  • @ico9005
    @ico9005 5 років тому +11

    *Imagine if a nucleus is enlarged to the extent of a multiverse, and within that multiverse there is a universe for other life in another world.*

    • @StrikerCup79
      @StrikerCup79 3 роки тому

      and outside the multiverses we know that would be Omniverse and outside of it the are someone bigger than our Omniverse who’s explaining our Omniverse like an atoms

  • @runforitman
    @runforitman 8 років тому +8

    "Empty space" isn't there a theory that in "Empty space", there's actually quarks coming in and out of existence?

  • @JustKojo
    @JustKojo 4 роки тому +6

    1:13 kills me, especially when the camera zooms to the face. 😂🤣😂

  • @waffle8946
    @waffle8946 2 роки тому +2

    Had to watch this in school
    I’m never gonna look at a grape fruit the same again

  • @eianguevarra774
    @eianguevarra774 8 років тому +35

    I still think that the marble was a Mega Stone

    • @gabrielelento1440
      @gabrielelento1440 8 років тому

      me too I think its a mewtwonite

    • @shakilahmedkhan4291
      @shakilahmedkhan4291 8 років тому +1

      they predicted the future cause xy wasn't released when this video aasmuploaded

  • @sninctbur3726
    @sninctbur3726 9 років тому +18

    How big would the planet Earth be if each atom inside of it was the size of a blueberry?

    • @craigk3103
      @craigk3103 8 років тому +3

      +orangesheepdog Well, take the size of the grapefruit compared to the earth. Let's say that the grapefruit is 1 trillionth the size of the earth. So then you just multiply the size of the earth by 1 trillion. So my guess (likely far from accurate) would be the entire space of the solar system

    • @craigk3103
      @craigk3103 8 років тому +6

      What are you talking about? The solar system isn't 99.9% sun. The sun makes up 99% of the mass but the solar system is very vast. The earth's distance from the sun is only 1% of the distance of the solar system.

    • @craigk3103
      @craigk3103 8 років тому +4

      ***** The original question was how BIG would the earth be if all the atoms inside of it were the size of blueberries

    • @fekkezaum
      @fekkezaum 8 років тому

      +orangesheepdog Really? What's the f* point? The atoms of the Earth will never be made of blueberries, and the analogy doesn't help understand anything. If I said the Earth would be to be the size of the solar system how does that help you picture the size of an atom? Are you looking for useful information or just want to be impressed by the huge size of hypothetical things? Boo to this video.

    • @rahulgomes6488
      @rahulgomes6488 8 років тому

      +orangesheepdog really really really really really really really reallllllly really really really really REALLLLLY BIG

  • @ThreeTreesPro
    @ThreeTreesPro 9 років тому +8

    Think of your pinky being the size of a standard room. Think of your pinky in that room, being the size of a standard room. Think of a rice grain the size of that room. Think of a rice grain in that room. That's the size of an atom.

    • @ThreeTreesPro
      @ThreeTreesPro 9 років тому +3

      I didn't say it was my analogy. I was just stating.

    • @Soeales
      @Soeales 8 років тому +1

      Lol

    • @rungratree1
      @rungratree1 6 років тому

      It’s way more smaller than that, your analogy is nonsence and even a molecule is larger than your analogy

  • @CrabbinFever
    @CrabbinFever 10 місяців тому +1

    I get that atoms are small, but what really does not compute for me is that there are 10^80 atoms in the universe. Yes, that's a big number, but it seems small in my mind considering the size of the universe

  • @James-sk4db
    @James-sk4db 10 років тому +14

    "I'll put it in english figures" *proceeds to write something that I as an englishman have no idea what it is* hmm

    • @Pac0Master
      @Pac0Master 10 років тому +6

      ( I think he meant American figure, ) they are one of the only countries left on earth who still use the imperial system.

    • @cobaltjedi117
      @cobaltjedi117 10 років тому +1

      They were imperial units, those were from England.

    • @Pac0Master
      @Pac0Master 10 років тому +5

      cobaltjedi117 yeah i know, but even England and the entire Europe use the metric units. haha.

    • @invisghostie6204
      @invisghostie6204 10 років тому

      ***** most of the world uses metric except for USA # 'Murica

    • @mancheaseskrelpher8419
      @mancheaseskrelpher8419 10 років тому +2

      ***** That's really not something to be proud of.

  • @isaacquirivan6093
    @isaacquirivan6093 8 років тому +20

    Stupid question: If all atom's nuclei are so dense, why aren't black holes present everywhere atoms are?

    • @jo_yo
      @jo_yo 8 років тому +25

      Density doesn't necessarily mean mass. A lithium atom only weighs 1.165034e-26 kg, but the nucleus is so extremely small, which is synonymous of fitting 6.2 billion cars into a single box. Black holes are both high in density AND weight, weight being the deciding factor on whether a star will collapse onto itself once it's gravitational pull can't even support its own mass.

    • @isaacquirivan6093
      @isaacquirivan6093 8 років тому +7

      JoYo1298 Ah, I see. Thank you.

    • @thetimelords911
      @thetimelords911 8 років тому

      Those density equations he was showing was to show how many kilograms a whole solid cubic meter of Nitrogen atom nuclei would weigh

    • @boredphysicist
      @boredphysicist 8 років тому

      halo3gamehead simulation of what?

    • @boredphysicist
      @boredphysicist 8 років тому

      JoYo1298 mass is not weight btw

  • @giuhplayz5111
    @giuhplayz5111 8 років тому +17

    '''I think im tired''' *Pours Coffee* WTF???

    • @jmanrocks152
      @jmanrocks152 8 років тому +8

      Do you not know what coffee does?

    • @Godolotl
      @Godolotl 8 років тому +5

      +Jonathan Fungus (Master Guardian) yay bro it make you high

    • @radzilla748
      @radzilla748 8 років тому

      XD

    • @tenno5509
      @tenno5509 8 років тому

      +Jonathan Fungus (Loving Yuri Dealer) it makes me... better not talk about it

  • @Dedbeatz.
    @Dedbeatz. 3 роки тому +1

    I have to say, the narrator (Jonathan Bergmann) is brilliant. I would have loved to have had him as a teacher.

  • @fkrmsnr
    @fkrmsnr 5 років тому +4

    7년전에 만들어졌는데 이정도 퀄이 나오네 잘만들었다 이해가 되네

  • @adamnazifi
    @adamnazifi 8 років тому +37

    Ask Ant man, hes been there, can tell you how they actually look like

    • @sirius4496
      @sirius4496 8 років тому

      +Adam Nazifi we know how they look like

    • @777SuperFra777
      @777SuperFra777 8 років тому +3

      We DON'T known how atoms look like...

    • @jonaseggen2230
      @jonaseggen2230 8 років тому

      You just discovered the 1. law of the internet. the 2. is that no one is dying

  • @yohansaldana8218
    @yohansaldana8218 5 років тому +6

    "Just how small is an atom?"
    "Small!"

  • @The_Christian_Swiftie
    @The_Christian_Swiftie 6 місяців тому

    This short video explained this concept better than my teacher. It was SO helpful, especially the example with the cars, as it's impossible for me to visualize all of those crazy numbers! It's ridiculous how they use them to teach students these days. Anyway, thank you so much!!!

  • @aaronmoore8489
    @aaronmoore8489 7 років тому +9

    Cut open an atom and 6.2 billion cars will fly out and trillions of blue berries, 99quadrillion+ grapefruits will appear, however 99.99999% of what flies out is empty space.

    • @Boomber123
      @Boomber123 7 років тому +3

      and that 0.00001% is Nuclear Bomb.

    • @LightStorm.
      @LightStorm. 6 років тому

      So all we have to do is get a knife and split a Atom then boom goes a whole town??

  • @agent475816
    @agent475816 9 років тому +23

    2:57 If it was empty space, how is there wind blowing? That doesn't make sense.

    • @MilanMilan0000
      @MilanMilan0000 9 років тому +1

      +agent475816 because he isn't inside the atom

    • @unclesam997
      @unclesam997 9 років тому +27

      I'm going to let you in on a secret: he's not actually inside an atom, it's a cartoon.

    • @agent475816
      @agent475816 9 років тому

      uncle sam I know, but if he really were inside a atom there wouldn't be wind blowing. They should not have added it.

    • @unclesam997
      @unclesam997 9 років тому +2

      agent475816 But this isn't really a very serious chemistry or physics video. You don't need to be that accurate when you're very loosely explaining how small an atom is

    • @agent475816
      @agent475816 9 років тому

      uncle sam Yea, I understand. Maybe it will help kids understand.

  • @vivimannequin
    @vivimannequin 6 років тому +14

    2:30 what Pokémon would mega evolve from that?

    • @GoldLND
      @GoldLND Рік тому +1

      Garchomp kiddo

  • @janahmed1037
    @janahmed1037 5 років тому +2

    this is MINDBLOWING I literally died watching this little blueberry growing