Shadows & Darkness
These form when an object blocks the path of light.
What are shadows?
This tool measures how hot or cold something is.
What is a thermometer?
This star gives Earth almost all of its light and heat.
What is the Sun?
You feel warmer when you rub your hands together because of this force.
What is friction?
This word means light bouncing off a surface, like in a mirror.
What is reflection?
A shadow will look like this when the light source is closer to the object.
What is larger?
This tool lets scientists look at objects too small to see with the eye.
What is a microscope?
These appear in the sky when sunlight bends through raindrops.
What is a rainbow?
This household device turns electrical energy into wind energy.
What is a fan?
This word means light bending when it passes through water or glass.
What is refraction?
Standing in a shadow feels cooler because the object is blocking this.
What is sunlight (or heat)?
This tool gathers light with lenses to magnify distant objects in the sky.
What is a telescope?
The Moon shines at night because it does this with sunlight.
What is reflecting light?
This process lets green plants turn light energy into food.
What is photosynthesis?
This word describes the full range of colors of light.
What is the spectrum?
If you stand outside at noon, your shadow will look like this compared to morning or evening.
What is shorter?
This tool measures the speed of the wind.
What is an anemometer?
When the moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth, this event occurs.
What is a solar eclipse?
A glow stick lighting up is an example of this kind of energy stored in substances.
What is chemical energy?
Turning off lights when you leave a room is an example of this word, meaning to save or protect resources.
What is conservation?
As the sun moves across the sky, this happens to your shadow.
What is it changes size and direction?
This giant space telescope launched in 2021 shows us the universe in infrared light.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
These colorful lights near the poles happen when solar energy hits Earth’s atmosphere.
What are auroras (Northern Lights)?
A roller coaster moving up and down the track shows energy changing between these two forms.
What are potential and kinetic energy?
These are the three primary colors of light, different from the primary colors of pigment.
What are red, green, and blue?