Reflection vs. Refraction
All About Circuits!
Got Energy?
Sentence Stems
RANDOM!
100

This is an example of...

Reflection

100

TRUE or FALSE: You must have a battery, wire, lightbulb, and a switch for the circuit to work. 

FALSE. 

100

A student performs the following activities before leaving for school:

  1. unplugs the hair dryer
  2. turns the ceiling fan off
  3. turns the radio off

Which types of energy are involved in all these activities?

Electrical energy and mechanical energy

100

Light always travels in a ___________________

Straight line

100

You are conducting an experiment where you are trying to see which tool would dry off a puddle first. 

  

Which energies are you comparing/ testing in this experiment? 

Thermal and Mechanical 

200

This is an example of... 

light travels in a straight line and refracts when it goes through the medium (water)

200

Which (2) two switches can we open and STILL have all the other components working? 

Switches X and Switches U 

200

A toy oven has a bulb inside, it has to be plugged in so it can work. What type of energy ACTUALLY cooks the food inside of the toy oven? 

THERMAL energy

200

A _____________ is a circuit with a complete pathway (the lightbulbs turn on) 

CLOSED circuit


200

Which of the following items do you NOT need too create a working circuit? 

1. power source

2. switch

3. wires/ pathway

4. output

you do not need switches for a circuit to work 

300

This is an example of...

Refraction

300

The following is an example of what type of circuit? 

PARALLEL circuit

300

Which types of energy does this picture represent?

Sound and Mechanical 

300

White paint ______ the most light, while black paint would _______ the most light. 

reflects / absorbs 

300

Light always travels in a _______________ and in _______________

straight line + all directions 

400

What is happening in this picture? *besides upsetting this ladybug


HINT: There are 3 things you can say about light in this picture 

1) Light is refracting through the magnifying glass

2) Light always travels in a straight line

3) The tool / instrument is magnifying the image

400

A student builds the circuit shown below. The student closes Switch 1 and Switch 3. 

Which lightbulb will glow? 

Only L1

400

Which of the following uses light as its SOURCE (first) energy? 

SOLAR calculator

400

A _______________ circuit has only one (1) complete pathway for electric current to flow through 

SERIES circuit

400

What is the difference between a simple mixture & a solution? 

simple mixture- can be separated easily and each substance keeps their physical characteristics


solution- mixture where one of the substances dissolve and you can only separate it by evaporating the solution

500

What is happening in this picture? 

light is bending

light is refracting 

500

To recharge the battery for later use without lighting the bulb, which of the following switches should be closed? 

Switches R and T only 

500

Which of the following activities are examples of MECHANICAL energy? 

1. a grasshopper jumping

2. a canoe floating down the river 

3. A radio station playing the news 

4. a shark chasing its prey

5. a pinecone falling to the ground 

6. A lightbulb turning on and off 

1,2,4,5

grasshopper jumping/ canoe floating/ shark chasing/ pinecone falling 

500

In a ___________ circuit, if one of the lightbulbs turns off.. the others STILL TURN ON. 

PARALLEL circuit


500

Why does the fish appear to be closer to the surface than it actually is?

when light travels from the air through the water, it changes direction/ speed and it bends (refracts)