Can I Believe My Eyes

What has to happen for you to see an object?

• Light shines on an object.
  Some light bounces off it to your eyes.

• The object shines so you can see it.

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NGSS.4-PS4-2

Why can you look through a window and see an object? 

• The window absorbs all of the light.

• The window scatters all of the light.

• Light is transmitted through the window to your eyes.

• Light is reflected off the window.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Fill in the blank: Light travels in ______________.

• Zig-zags

• Spirals

• No particular pattern

• Straight lines

A student used the picture to describe what the girl can and cannot see. Which explanation should the student use to explain the light model?

• She can see all of the objects because light rays bounce off of all of them

• She can see the wall but not the car because only the light rays bounce off the wall and reach her eyes.

• She can see the wall and the car because light rays bounce off the wall and the car and reach her eyes.

• She cannot see anything because the sun is being blocked by the wall

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NGSS.4-PS4-2

In our rooms at night, we can see objects but not very clearly. What explanation can be given to describe this?

• Human eyes have night vision

• Light is stored in our rooms from the day which bounces off of the objects to our eye

• The objects store the light energy and glow at night

• Small amounts of light enter the room which bounces off of the objects to our eye

What is WRONG with this light model?

• The arrows are in straight lines

• There is no light for the girl to see

• The tree is not making a shadow

• There is no object for the girl to see

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What scientific explanation about the way we see objects BEST describes why we cannot see things behind us?

• There is no direct path of light from the object to our eyes

• Our necks do not turn that far

• Other objects block us from seeing it

• We were not born with eyes in the back of our heads

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Finish this statement: Light continues traveling in a straight line until______________________.

• it changes direction

• it reaches an object

• it gets moved by the wind

• Statement would be false because light doesn't travel in straight lines

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What scientific explanation BEST describes why we CANNOT see things BEHIND US?

• There is no direct path of light from the object to our eyes

• The lights are off

• Other objects block us from seeing it

• I can see things behind me without turning

When shinning the flahlight at the mirror, the readings were the highest when the light and the light sensor were on the same line position number making a “V.”

• True

• False

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