Fire!

Well, Rachel pretty much hated that last header and footer that I made. (For those of you using an RSS Feed, I change my header and footer pretty much every time I post. Go ahead, check er out!)

So, I'm making a brand new post! This post is going to be about Fire.

Here's the thing. I woke up this morning, thinking about a camp fire. (I don't know why.) And I realized, I don't know what fire is. Think about it! It's not something that you can bottle up and keep, it's interesting. What IS fire?

So, I checked out Wiki. Here's what I learned:

The flame itself occurs within a region of gas where intense exothermic reactions are taking place. An exothermic reaction is a chemical reaction that takes place within a substance whereby heat and energy are released as the substance changes to a simpler chemical form. As chemical reactions occur within the fuel being burned, light is usually emitted as photons are released by the oxidation of the fuel. Depending upon the specific chemical and physical change taking place within the fuel the flame may or may not emit light.

That was a bit complicated, so I've drawn a picture to help you understand it a little better.

What is Fire? Fire is this:



There, that should pretty much sum it up for you. If you have any questions, feel free to consult a text book. Because I still don't really know what fire is.

The end.