Week of 5-4-20 Science

What important kind of energy helps us to see the world that we live in?

• chemical energy

• light energy

• heat energy

• potential energy

What does the author mainly describe in the passage?

• how electricity helps to power our light bulbs

• how the movement of light helps us to view objects

• how some objects produce their own light

• how the energy of light helps plants to grow

Read the following sentences:

“When the sun shines on a tree, it cannot shine right through the tree. The tree blocks the light beams. On the other side of the tree, you will see a dark spot that is shaped like the tree. That is its shadow, the place where the sun cannot reach.”

Based on this evidence, what conclusion can be made?

• When an object blocks the light, light can pass through to the other side.

• When an object blocks the light, light cannot pass through to the other side.

• Sunlight has the ability to pass directly through trees.

• The dark spots behind the trees are places where other trees can’t grow.

Read the following sentences:

“Try standing in front of a wall that is all lit up by a flashlight. Your body does not allow light to pass through it, so it will create a shadow on the wall. You can use all kinds of objects to block the light and make shadows. The closer the object moves to the flashlight, the bigger and fuzzier its shadow will be. The further the object moves away from the flashlight, the smaller and sharper its shadow will be."

Based on this evidence, what will you see if you shine a flashlight on a wall, then place a fork very close to the flashlight?

• a big and fuzzy shadow shaped like a fork

• a small and sharp shadow shaped like a fork

• a big and fuzzy shadow shaped like a flashlight

• a small and sharp shadow shaped like a flashlight

What is this passage mostly about?

• the way flashlights work

• the way our eyes work

• the way light moves

• the way trees grow

Read the following sentences:

“Transparent, or see-through, objects let the light pass right through them. Light can shine through glass and clear plastic.”

As used in the passage, “transparent” can be understood to have the same meaning as what word?

• objects

• pass

• shine

• clear

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

We are able to see objects ________ when light moves, it bounces off of the objects and into our eyes.

• until

• because

• thus

• even

What is created when the movement of light is blocked by an object and cannot pass through to the other side?

• rainbow

• object

• shadow

• fork

Objects around you can only be seen thanks to...

• shadows

• eyes

• light

What gives off light? The sun, stars, lightning and fire all give off light.

• cat

• eyes

• sun