Light
Simple Circuits
Advanced Current (base points + 500)
Sound
Instruments
100

Dark patch formed when light is obstructed by a solid object

Shadow

100

What is a circuit?

A closed path in which electrons can freely flow. i.e. the lights: turning on the light switch bridges the gap, allowing electrons to flow and give light.

100

What is current?

The number of charges passing in one second

100

What do you use to hear sound?

Your ears!

100

Which common instrument has 6 strings and can be acoustic or electric?

What is the guitar?

200

non-luminous (non-illuminating) object examples

Table, chair, human body.

200

How is a flashlight able to be powered?

A battery!

200

What does V stand for?

Voltage

200

True or False: You can hear sound in space

False!

200

The instruments in this family are made out of brass.

What is the brass family

300

How many colors does a rainbow have? Name the colors for +200.

Seven! The Coors are: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.

300

What is one example of a device with a simple circuit?

A flash light, a light switch, a fan, a toaster etc.

300

What is a series circuit

A circuit that is connected all in a line or row.

300

How do sounds travel from one location to another?

Waves.

300

Every instrument in this family used to be made of wood.

What is the woodwind family

400

True or false: Lens are widely used in telescope, spectacles, microscopes.

True!

400

What is an example of a circuit you use in everyday life?

Toaster, room-light, cellphone, tablet, etc, really anything that uses electricity.

400

Why are parallel circuits called parallel?

Because the circuits are literally next to each other.

400

What specific part of the ear do sounds bounce off of?

The eardrum!
400

Every instrument in this family is played by striking.

What is the percussion family.

500

What type of objects is light able to pass through?

Transparent/translucent.
500

What is resistance? (Hint, it resists/opposes)

The opposition to current flowing

500

What does I stand for? (Hint, we've already seen this in other questions/answers)

Current

500

Number of waves in each second.

Frequency.

500

You hit the blocks- that can be made of wood, plastic, metal, or rubber- with a mallet. It has a funny name.

What is the Xylophone?