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Grade 4 Science · Problem type

Messages sent by light or by sound

Use this to sort ways of sending a message by what carries the pattern.

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What carries the pattern?
Tap a card, then tap its group.

Assumptions

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A message can travel as a pattern: flashes, colors, beats or beeps.
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Light patterns are seen. Sound patterns are heard.
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Light travels much faster than sound, so you see lightning before you hear thunder.
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