A car has a black seat cover and a white seat cover side by side in the sun. After an hour the black cover feels much hotter. What is the black cover doing with more of the sunlight?

Maria shines a flashlight at a flat mirror, and the beam bounces off and makes one bright spot on the wall. What did the smooth mirror surface do to the light?

Through the classroom window glass you can see the whole playground sharply. What word describes a material that lets light pass through so clearly that objects behind it look sharp?

A bathroom window is made of frosted glass. Light comes into the room through it, but a person outside can only see blurry shapes. What word describes this glass?

A hallway lamp shines on a closed wooden door, and the door is opaque. What does an opaque material do to the light that hits it?

A ripe tomato looks red when white light shines on it. What is happening to the light at the tomato's surface?

Jake wants the shirt that will stay coolest while he plays outside on a hot, sunny day. Which shirt should he pick, and why?

A student shines one flashlight at a flat mirror and then at a crumpled sheet of aluminum foil. The mirror makes a single bright spot, but the foil makes scattered patches of light. What explains the difference?

A class tests how much heat different colored papers absorb by taping each paper over a thermometer outdoors. What must be kept the same for the test to be fair?

After 20 minutes outdoors, the thermometer under the black paper reads warmer than the thermometer under the white paper. What claim does this evidence best support?

A flashlight shines at a ball sitting on a table, and a shadow of the ball appears on the wall behind it. What does the shadow show about the light from the flashlight?

The Moon produces no light of its own, yet it shines brightly in the night sky. What best explains why people on Earth can see it?

Sunlight passing through a glass prism spreads out into a band of colors on the wall. What does this show about white sunlight?

A team lines the inside of a cardboard solar oven with shiny aluminum foil so that more sunlight lands on the food. Why is shiny foil a good choice for the lining?

A team needs a window covering for a class movie that blocks all light, costs under five dollars, and goes up in one minute. A wooden panel blocks all light, costs twelve dollars, and goes up in thirty seconds. What is the problem?

A designer needs material for a lampshade that softens the lamp's glare but still lets the room be lit. What kind of material fits that job?

Kim looks into a clean fish tank and can clearly see the pebbles resting on the bottom. What does this tell her about the water and the glass?

You see a lit lamp because it gives off its own light, but you see a book only when light reflects off it and reaches your eyes.

Every object reflects all of the light that hits it.

Light passes through a sheet of wax paper, but shapes held behind it look blurry. The wax paper is transparent.