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How Light Interacts with Different Materials

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 47mins

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Class
Date
1.

If you were building a house, what type of material would be best to cover your windows with that would help keep the sun out of your room so you can sleep?

a)

glass material

b)

opaque material

c)

translucent material

d)

transparent material

2.

You have plants in your kitchen. They need lots of light. What type of windows should you have installed that will be best for your indoor garden?

a)

No windows, just walls

b)

opaque material

c)

translucent material

d)

transparent material

3.

Which of the following is a translucent object?

a)

clear water

b)

frosted glass

c)

metal sheet

d)

wooden door

4.

Which of the following materials blocks completely the passage of light?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

You are walking one afternoon to go to your friend’s house. You are aware that exposure to sunlight can lead to certain diseases. What material can you use in

order to block the sunlight?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

What do you call the bending of light?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

translucent

d)

transmission

7.

Why do people enjoy the shade of the tree during summer?

a)

It absorbs light

b)

It blocks light

c)

It reflects light

d)

It transmit light

8.

Which among the following materials absorb light?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

An example of material that blocks completely the passage of light

a)

Cardboard

b)

Plywood

c)

Rock

d)

All of the above

10.

Light is blocked in a/an _________ materials that does not allow light to pass through them, creating a shadow of the material It reflects light.

a)

Opaque

b)

Optic

c)

Translucent

d)

Transparent

11.
What is the material showing?
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
12.
What is the material showing?
a)
transparent
b)
translucent
c)
opaque
13.
The main source of light is
a)
the sun
b)
the moon
c)
the stars
d)
Jupiter
14.

This fish tank is considered a _____________________ object because it easily transmits light

a)

Translucent

b)

Transparent

c)

Opaque

15.
An object that creates a shadow when light hits it is known as
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opaque
16.

What is the best description of an opaque material?

a)

no light passes through the material

b)

some light passes through the material

c)

all light passes through the material

17.

What is the best description of a transparent material?

a)

no light passes through the material

b)

some light passes through the material

c)

all light passes through the material

18.

What is the best description of a translucent material?

a)

no light passes through the material

b)

some light passes through the material

c)

all light passes through the material

19.

What type of object is shown in the picture?

a)

opaque

b)

transparent

c)

translucent

20.

What type of object is the glass in the glasses considered?

a)

opaque

b)

transparent

c)

translucent

21.

This type of object lets some light through, but not all. It is not easy to see through this type of material.

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

co-parent

d)

opaque

22.

This type of object lets some light through, but not all. It is not easy to see through this type of material.

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

co-parent

d)

opaque

23.

What kind of object is a stuffed toy?

a)
b)
c)
24.

You see yourself in a mirror because light

a)

is reflected.

b)

is absorbed.

c)

is transmitted.

d)

is scattered.

25.

Good mirrors bounce more light

a)

back into your eyes.

b)

away from your eyes.

c)

back to the light source.

d)

back to the object.