5th - Science Unit 3 Lesson 4 notes Flashcards
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What originates at power plants and flows through wires to houses and business?
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Electrical energy
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Electrical energy can be transformed into what?
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Thermal, light, or mechanical energy
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Electricity will only flow through an unbroken path of conductors are called what?
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Circuit
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Light energy travels how?
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As a wave but also as a particle
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What forms when light hits an object that it cannot pass through?
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Opaque
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The size of a shadow is affected by the ____________ and ______________ between the light source and the object.
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Angle and distance
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What is light energy from the Sun that reaches Earth’s surface called?
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Solar radiation
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Solar radiation is used by plants to carry out what?
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Energy
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What influences weather and climate and drives the water cycle?
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Solar radiation
