Quiz on Light Energy

Which of the following is NOT a type of light energy?

• red

• orange

• green

• pink

Light travels at different speeds depending on what it travels through. Which of the following is true?

• Light travels fastest in a vacuum.

• Light travels fastest in water.

• Light travels fastest in glass.

Materials that allow some light to pass through are called:

• reflection

• refraction

• translucent

Read about each of the 3 experiments below. Before beginning each experiment, write a prediction in your station booklet. What do you think will happen to the light?

Complete each experiment. Make sure that you have recorded a prediction for each in your station booklet first. After each experiment, record what happened to the light.

Draw your shadow puppet.

Describe your puppet and explain how you made it.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

Was your shadow puppet successful? Describe what happened when you tested it.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

If you could do this STEM challenge over with any changes to your design, what would you do?

Light energy travels as _____.

• mechanical waves

• electromagnetic waves

• sunlight