Shadows

What is a shadow?

• A dark area formed only when light is totally blocked

• A dark area formed only when light is partially blocked

• A dark area formed when light is totally or partially blocked

Translucent is?

• When light bounces off an object

• Material that only allows a little light to pass through

• Our main source of light

Opaque is?

• Material that allows light to pass through

• Light made by nature

• Material that allows no light to pass through

Transparent is?

• A material that allows light to pass through

• The colors of the rainbow

• Light made by man

These balloons are

• transparent, will not form shadows

• translucent, will form shadows

• opaque, will form shadows

This drinking glass is

• transparent, will not form a shadow

• translucent, will form a shadow

• opaque, will form a shadow

This dice is

• transparent, will not form a shadow

• translucent, will form a shadow

• opaque, will form a shadow

Shadows are formed because

• light travels in a straight line

• light can be reflected

When the sun gets higher in the sky, shadows get ______.

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

When the sun gets lower in the sky, shadows get______.

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker