Light
Day/Night Cycle
Circuits
Energy Transformation
Water Cycle
100

When light bounces off of a shiny object, what is it called?

Reflection
100

How long does it take for the Earth to spin on its axis to create the day/night cycle?

24 hours

100

A complete circuit has to have a switch. 

No it does not.

100

Name three household objects that could be used to show how electrical energy is transformed into mechanical, light, or thermal energy?

Fan Toaster TV

100

Where does run off come from in the water cycle?

Any type of precipitation that falls from the atmosphere and runs down the side of a mountain.

200

Light travels in a zig zag line until it hits a medium and then it travles straight.

True or False

False

200

If it is daytime in Texas, is it daytime on the other side of the world?

No

200

Closing a pathway is how electricity flows.

true or false

True

200

When electrical energy flows through a light bulb in a complete circuit, the energy is transformed into what type of energy?

Light Energy

200

What is the vocabulary word for water vapor that exits plants and trees through stomata?

Transpiration

300

Name the color spectrum using the acronym that we use here at SIS.

ROYGBIV


300

One rotation takes 29 days to complete.

False, it takes 24 hours

300

If the circuit is not lighting up, what could be a possible reason why?

Broken or disconnected wire.

Switch is open.

Light bulb is broken.

300

 Electrical energy in a complete circuit can be transformed into which types of energy? 

Light and Sound

300

What are the three main parts of the water cycle?

Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

400

What is opaque mean?

No light passes through

400

Is the axis a real line that runs through the middle of the Earth?

No it is an imaginary line

400

Electrical energy is stored in batteries and is called clean energy.

False, it is called chemical energy

400

What does an insulator do?

It stops the flow of energy.

400

Where does water vapor come from? 

Oceans, rivers, lakes, streams, ponds

Any type of accumulation of water outside

500

Refraction means that light travels in a straight line.

False, refraction means that light bends when it hits a medium. 

500

The Earth revolves around the Sun in approximately 24 hours. 

False, it takes 365 days

500

When a circuit is closed the electricity will not flow.

False, it will flow

500

Name three types of conductors.

Metal, Copper, Nickel

500

Name four types of precipitation that falls from the atmosphere.

Rain, Sleet, Snow, Hail