Physical Science

by Tristan F. Nicholas

Genre Comprehension Skill Text Feature Science Content

Nonfiction Draw Conclusions • Glossary Energy

Scott Foresman Science 1.10

ISBN-13: 978-0-328-34213-6
ISBN-10: 0-328-34213-0
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Vocabulary Learning
What About
did you learn? Energy
battery 1. What are some of the places light
comes from?
electricity by Tristan F. Nicholas
2. What causes a shadow?
energy
3. Shadows can change.
fuel
Write to explain why shadows look
heat different at different times of the day. Use
words from the book as you write.
shadow
4. Draw Conclusions You flip a
switch, but a lamp will not go on. It is not
plugged in. Why won’t it work?

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What gives off heat? Heat

Heat comes from fire.

Heat moves from warm
Heat makes things warm.
things to cool things.
Heat comes from other things too.
Heat comes from the light of the Sun.
Light from the Sun warms Earth.

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What can energy do? Dark colors take in a lot of light.
Light colors take in less light.
Light is a kind of energy.
Things with light colors feel cooler.
Light from the Sun is energy.
Energy can change things.
It can change something from
cold to hot.

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What makes light Light comes from stars and candles.
and shadows? Light even comes from this bug!

Light comes from the Sun. Where else does light come from?

Light comes from fire too.

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Making Shadows Shadows are made when things
Things can block light. block light.
Toys block light. The shadow is big when the light
Shine the light is close.
on the toy. The shadow is small when the light
A shadow is far away.
is made.

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Changing Shadows The tree makes a different shadow
Shadows can change. at noon.
A tree makes a shadow in the Shadows change when the Sun
morning. seems to move.

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What uses energy Electricity makes things
around us? work.

Fuel is something that is burned. Lights use electricity.

It is burned to make heat or power.

Gasoline is a fuel.
A car burns gasoline.
Now the car has energy.

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Using Energy How do you get energy?
A fan gets energy from electricity.
You use energy all the time.
Plug in the cord.
You get energy from food.
The toy gets energy from a battery.
Energy helps you move and grow.
A battery stores energy.

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Glossary
Vocabulary What did you learn?
battery 1. What are some of the places light
battery something that stores energy
comes from?
electricity
electricity makes some things work 2. What causes a shadow?
energy
energy can change things 3. Shadows can change.
fuel
Write to explain why shadows look
heat
fuel anything that is burned to make different at different times of the day. Use
heat or power words from the book as you write.
shadow
heat moves from warmer places and 4. Draw Conclusions You flip a
objects to cooler places and objects switch, but a lamp will not go on. It is not
plugged in. Why won’t it work?
shadow made when something blocks
the light
Photographs: Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit
for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors
called to its attention in subsequent editions. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the
property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education. Photo locators denoted as follows:
Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R) Background (Bkgd)
Opener: ©Tibor Bognár/Corbis; Title Page: ©Royalty-Free/Corbis; 2 ©Onne Van De Wal/Corbis; 3
©Ric Ergenbright/Corbis, ©Phil Degginger/Color-Pic, Inc.; 4 ©Royalty-Free/Corbis; 6 ©Royalty-Free/
Corbis; 7 ©E. R. Degginger/Photo Researchers, Inc.; 8 ©Royalty-Free/Corbis; 9 Getty Images; 12 (BL)
Getty Images; 13 Courtesy of the London Toy and Model Museum-Paddington, London/©DK Images;
14 ©Taxi/Getty Images

ISBN 13: 978-0-328-34213-6; ISBN 10: 0-328-34213-0

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.

All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is
protected by Copyright and permission should be obtained from the publisher
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in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
likewise. For information regarding permissions, write to: Permissions Department,
Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.

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