Light rays carry energy, and energy means light can do work. If you’ve ever stayed out in the Sun too long, you know that one job light can do is to burn human skin.
To find out what else light energy can do, just take a look around you! Light can make:
—curtains and carpets fade
—tomatoes ripen faster
—a car get sizzling hot inside
—a solar calculator work
—a puddle evaporate faster
—what else?