Light Waves 9/9

A rug sits in a sunny place on the floor for a long time. Kiara thinks that light from the sun can cause the rug’s color to fade over time. Can light from the sun cause the rug’s color to fade?

• No. Light is not a physical thing, so it cannot change physical things like rugs.

• No. Light can only change things by warming them up, so it cannot cause the rug’s color to fade.

• Yes. The rug can take in energy from the light, causing the rug’s color to fade.

• Yes. Light from the sun can pull energy out of the rug, causing the rug's color to fade.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Ana wonders how light can affect a mystery material. The table below shows what happens when different types of light hit the mystery material. Based on this information, can light change the mystery material?

• Yes, but the mystery material can change in only one way, such as by getting warm, because all the light that a material absorbs will affect that material in the same way.

• Yes, and the mystery material can change in one or two different ways, such as by getting warm and/or changing color, because different types of light can cause different changes to a material when they are absorbed.

• No. The mystery material can’t change because light is not a physical thing. Light cannot change physical things like the mystery material.

• There is no way to know whether the mystery material will change or not.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

When a material absorbs energy from light the energy causes the material...

• to stay the same

• to transmit the light

• to reflect the light

• to change

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Wei saw a special type of plastic that would melt and become a liquid when it was placed in the sun, but it would not melt when placed under a desk lamp. Why does light from the sun melt the plastic when light from the desk lamp does not?

• Because the plastic can take in energy from the light from the sun, but not from the light from the lamp.

• Because light from the sun carries heat molecules, and light from the desk lamp does not.

• Because light from the sun pulls energy out of the plastic, and light from the desk lamp does not.

• Because the sun gives off a type of light that carries energy, and light from the desk lamp does not.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4