Energy
Circuits
Light
Force
Mystery
100
What does the acronym M.E.L.T.S. stand for.
What is mechanical, electrical, light, thermal, and sound?
100
A complete path of an electric current including usually the source of electric energy ?
What is a circuit?
100
Energy that travels in waves that you can see.
What is light energy?
100
A push or a pull.
What is a force?
100
A measure of the amount of matter in an object. Often measured with a triple beam balance.
What is mass?
200
What energies does a television use or produce.
What is light, sound, mechanical, thermal, and electrical energy?
200
A device that can open or close the flow of electricity in a circuit.
What is a switch?
200
A substance through which energy is transmitted.
What is a medium?
200
What force keeps planets in orbit and keeps objects on the earth?
What is gravity?
200
When analyzing light complete the sentence stems below.
Bend is associated with ____________.
Bounce is associated with __________.
What is bend is associated with refraction?
What is bounce is associated with reflection?
300
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
300
When the energy is not flowing in a circuit it is referred to as an ______________.
What is open circuit?
300
A block of clear glass or plastic which separates the light passing through it into different colors.
What is a prism?
300
A force that attracts and repels.
What is magnetism?
300
The flow of electricity in circuits requires a___________ ___________ through which an electric current can pass and can produce light, heat, and sound.
What is a complete path?
400
A windmill uses what energy to produce electrical energy.
What is mechanical energy?
400
Analyze the circuit. There is only one path for energy to flow. What do we call this type of circuit.
What is a series circuit?
400
When light bends after passing through a medium.
What is refraction?
400
A student is conducting an investigation. They have five different surfaces that they are going to roll a marble over and measure the distance. What force are they most likely testing?
What is friction?
400
A piece of glass or other hard clear material molded with one side flat and the other curved or both sides curved that forms an image by bringing together or spreading the light that passes through it. We use these to make our glasses that help us to see.
What is a lens?
500
A machine that is intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and over complicated fashion.
What is Rube Goldberg machine?
500
Analyze the circuit below. This circuit has multiple paths where the energy can flow. What do we call this kind of circuit.
What is parallel circuit?
500
A student walks in a lake and looks down and they see a bird flying above because of what scientific term. Explain.
What is reflection?
500
There are some things that change in an investigation and there are things that must stay the same in order for the investigation to be accurate. What do we call these things?
What are variable?
500
Variables that change are called independent variables. What are the variables that must stay the same in order for the investigation to be accurate?
What are control variables?