Quick Lab Where's the Energy?

1.Obtain a flashlight and remove the batteries.
2. Turn the flashlight's switch on. Observe what happens.
3. Now put the batteries back in the flashlight, and turn the flashlight on. Observe what happens now.
4. Leave the flashlight turned on. After a few minutes, put your hand close to the bulb of the flashlight. What do you feel? Analyze and Conclude

1). Infer When the flashlight did not have batteries, what hap- pened when you switched it on? Why did this happen?

2). Relate Cause and Effect After you inserted the batteries into the flashlight, what happened when you turned the switch on? Why?

3). Apply Concepts What form of energy lights a flashlight bulb?

4). Use Analogies How is a flashlight battery like a box in which you put baseball bats when they are not being used?​