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Properties of Light

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Faith and Elijah are using a flashlight and their hands to make shadow puppets. What property of light creates the shapes on the wall?

a)

Light transmits through their hands.

b)

Light refracts when it passes through their hands.

c)

Light travels in a straight line.

d)

Light reflects off their hands back at them.

2.

When light hits a shiny surface how does it behave?

a)

Light reflects off shiny surfaces and bounces back at the source.

b)

Light refracts and bounces back at the source.

c)

Shiny surfaces absorb and stop light.

d)

Light is transmitted through the shiny surface.

3.

What picture shows light being absorbed by what it shines on?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

What image shows light being refracted?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

A student needs to show how light refracts. What object would they choose to show how light bends when it transmits or passes through it?

a)

A mirror

b)

Shiny foil

c)

A window

d)

A prism

6.

What table correctly identifies the reasons for the appearance of the girl's eye through the lab instrument?

a)
b)
c)
7.

Which statement below about light is supported by this picture?

a)

Light travels in straight lines until it enters a different material like water in a lake.

b)

Light is reflected off the smooth surface of the lake

c)

The water in the lake is blue because light forms an image.

d)

Light can refract in air and in clear water

8.

When the candle is lit some of the candlelight will shine through the hole. Which diagram best shows where the light appears on the opposite wall inside the box?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Refraction is when light bends after it passes through a substance or medium like water.

a)

False

b)

True

10.

When light is reflected it bounces or bends off the surface?

a)

Light bounces off the surface.

b)

Light bends off the surface.