Inā mākou e nānā pono, hiki ke ʻike mua ʻia ka uahi mai ke ahi. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka uahi. Ua hoʻohana anei ʻoe i kahi mea ʻala? ʻOiai ʻoe e pīpī i ka mea ʻala i loko o ka lumi, hiki i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma waho o ka home ke ʻike i ke ʻala o ka mea ʻala. Inā kuke ka makuahine i ka meaʻai ʻono a ʻono hoʻi i loko o ka lumi kuke, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ke ʻala o ka kuke ʻana mai ka hale o ka hoalauna. No ke aha mai ia?
Nui nā laʻana ʻē aʻe. Inā ʻoe e hoʻokomo i kekahi mau kulu o ka ʻīnika i loko o ke aniani me ka wai maopopo, e pālahalaha like ka ʻīnika, a i ʻole ka waihoʻoluʻu meaʻai ma loko o ka wai. Hana koke kēia. ʻO kekahi mau laʻana ma mua he mau hanana diffusion i ʻike pinepine ʻia i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka diffusion ke kaʻina hana o ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā mea mai kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe i kahi haʻahaʻa. ʻO ke ʻano o ka concentration ʻo ia ka helu o nā molekala/moles o kahi mea i kēlā me kēia leo. ʻO kahi wahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe kahi kahi i nui ai nā molekala o nā mea i kēlā me kēia leo. I ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa nā wahi i liʻiliʻi ai nā molekala i kēlā me kēia leo.
