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Light 5th grade

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the bouncing of light from a surface?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

absorbtion

2.

What is a material that allows only some light to pass through called?

a)

opaque

b)

translucent

c)

transparent

d)

clear

3.

What is a material that does not allow light through called?

a)

opaque

b)

translucent

c)

clear

d)

transparent

4.

The bending of light as it moves from one material to another is

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

absorbtion

5.

What are materials that allow light to pass through called?

a)

opaque

b)

transparent

c)

translucent

d)

clear

6.

This is thicker at the middle than at the edges. (makes objects look bigger)

a)

concave

b)

convex

c)

convoluted

d)

confection

7.

Dark objects _________the most light?

a)

reflect

b)

refract

c)

absorb

8.

What is thicker at the edges than in the middle? (makes objects look smaller)

a)

confection

b)

convex

c)

convaluted

d)

concave

9.

Which two are examples of opaque materials?

a)

book and window

b)

person and wall

c)

tissue and cereal box

d)

glass cup and plastic bag

10.

Which two are examples of translucent materials?

a)

book and writing paper

b)

glass cup and window

c)

tissue and parchment paper

d)

chair and paper lantern

11.

Which two materials are transparent?

a)

window and plastic bag

b)

desk and door

c)

tissue and felt fabric

d)

apple and tissue paper

12.

Light waves travel_____________than sound waves.

a)

at the same speed

b)

slower

c)

faster

13.

Light travels in a ______________________ way instead of scattering light.

a)

unpredictable

b)

passive

c)

predictable

d)

scattered

14.

An object can do what three things with light?

a)

absorb light

b)

speed light up

c)

make it bounce back

d)

let light pass through

15.

Why are letters in a mirror backwards?

a)

Light reflects at an angle and it inverts the image

b)

Light bends the image

c)

light moves unpredictably and makes the image flip

d)

light does that sometimes

16.

Which is an example of refraction?

a)

a pencil in a cup of water

b)

an arrow seen in the concave side of the spoon

c)

an arrow seen in the convex side of the spoon