How Does a Candle Stay Lit?

A candle stays lit because it has a special team working together inside its wax and wick.

Imagine you have a big jar of ice cream, that's like the wax. When you heat it up, it becomes soft and runs out, just like how wax melts when it gets warm.

Now think about the wick as a tiny straw in your ice cream cone. When you light the tip of the wick, it starts to get hot. The melted wax climbs up the wick, like syrup climbing up a straw, and turns into fire at the top, that's how we see the flame.

As long as there’s wax to melt and climb up the wick, the fire keeps going. It’s like having a never-ending supply of ice cream for your cone! But once all the wax is gone, the team can’t work anymore, and poof, the flame goes out.

So, a candle stays lit because its wax and wick are working together, just like a team of friends helping each other to have fun.