Eureka
An animated humorous illustration of the basic principles of physics.
- 1978-1978
- 1 season
- Animation, Comedy
An animated humorous illustration of the basic principles of physics.
Season 1 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 1978
Episode 1
Inertia
5 mins
Explains how every object doesn't move unless some kind of force causes it to move, and how objects stop moving when caused by something that forces it to stop..
Episode 2
Mass
5 mins
Explains how objects of greater matter or mass have more inertia than objects of lesser mass.
Episode 3
Speed
5 mins
Explains how objects of greater inertia require more force to cause them to move.
Episode 4
Acceleration: Part 1
5 mins
Explains how increasing speed requires using more force and mass at a certain rate.
Episode 5
Acceleration: Part 2
5 mins
Explains how acceleration is measured.
Episode 6
Gravity
5 mins
Explains how the force of gravity pulls all objects down towards the Earth.
Episode 7
Weight vs. Mass
5 mins
Explains the difference between weight and mass, and how weight differs on the moon than on the Earth.
Episode 8
Work
5 mins
Explains how joules are measurements of work.
Episode 9
Kinetic Energy
5 mins
Explains how energy from one moving object causes another one to move.
Episode 10
Potential Energy
5 mins
Explains how objects with energy stored in them are likely to move if something causes them to move.
Episode 11
The Inclined Plane
5 mins
Explains how energy can be used more effectively by using a simple machine to reduce work.
Episode 12
The Lever
5 mins
Explains how the lever is the most common simple machine.
Episode 13
Mechanical Advantage and Friction
5 mins
Explains how the inclined plain and the lever can have different mechanical advantages when the force of friction is involved.
Episode 14
The Screw and the Wheel
5 mins
Explains how the two simple machines are the parents of the screw and the wheel.
Episode 15
The Pulley
5 mins
Explains how a pulley is a simple machine when wheels and ropes are combined.
Episode 16
Molecules in Solids
5 mins
Explains how even solid objects still have moving molecules in them.
Episode 17
Molecules in Liquid
5 mins
Explains what happens to molecules in a solid when it becomes a liquid.
Episode 18
Evaporation and Condensation
5 mins
Explains how liquid molecules become gas when evaporated and how vapor returns to liquid when it condenses.
Episode 19
Expansion and Contraction
5 mins
Explains how warmer molecules causes things to expand unlike cooler molecules which cause things to contract.
Episode 20
Measuring Temperature
5 mins
Explains how temperature is measured by the effect of molecules speed or the expansion.
Episode 21
Temperature vs. Heat
5 mins
Explains how heat is the quantity of hotness and how it differs from temperature, the degree of hotness.
Episode 22
Atoms
5 mins
Explains how atoms are the building blocks of all three states of matter.
Episode 23
Electrons
5 mins
Explains how electrons are those tiny orbiting bits of matter that form atoms.
Episode 24
Conduction
5 mins
Explains why all metals are better conductors than other materials like wood and plastic.
Episode 25
Volume and Density
5 mins
Explains how volume is the amount of space inside something and how density refers to the amount of mass per unit.
Episode 26
Buoyancy
5 mins
Explains how buoyancy is the law of nature where objects displace the amount of liquid they're immersed in.
Episode 27
Convection
5 mins
Explains how gases and liquids are fluids and how they rise when they're hot and sink when they're cold.
Episode 28
Heat as Energy
5 mins
Explains how heat is a form of energy by means of friction and movement or when joules of energy heat water.
Episode 29
Radiation Waves
5 mins
Explains how all sources of heat radiate waves of energy.
Episode 30
Radiation Spectrum
5 mins
Explains how the sun's radiation creates light waves annd how black absorbs heat and how white reflects it.