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SHADOW

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Noah wants to find out what happens to a shadow when he move a flashlight closer to and farther from an object. What could he use to measure the size of the shadow?

a)

A pencil

b)

A flashlight

c)

A piece of chalk

d)

A meterstick

2.

True or False: You need light to create a shadow

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What happens to a shadow when you move the light source farther away from an object?

a)

The shadow dissapears

b)

The shadow does not change

c)

The shadow gets smaller

d)

The shadow gets larger

4.

Whatever direction the sun is in the sky, the shadow it creates will point in the ___________ direction.

a)

same

b)

opposite

5.

When the Sun is behind you, your shadow is ...

a)

behind you

b)

at the side of you

c)

in front of you

d)

not there

6.

When an object moves closer to a light source, its shadow...

a)

Gets smaller

b)

Gets bigger

7.

 Which will make the darkest shadow? Light shining on a . . .

a)

Sheet of thin tissue paper

b)

glass window

c)

wooden chopping board

d)

plastic bottle

8.

When an object block out the_______, a ___________ is formed.

a)

light, shadow

b)

stone, light

c)

shadow, light

9.

When light cannot pass through an object, we say that that object is . . . .

a)

opaque

b)

translucent

c)

transparent

d)

translated

10.

Transparent is?

a)

A material that allows light to pass through

b)

A material that allows some light to pass through

c)

A material that do not allows light to pass through

11.

_________ is a ___________ material which allows all light to pass through.

a)

Tissue paper, translucent

b)

Tin foil, opaque

c)

Glass, transparent

12.

Tissue paper is ________________ material which let some light to pass through.

a)

translucent

b)

opaque

c)

transparent

13.

 The stick's shadow when the sun at B is shadow ____.

a)

X

b)

Y

c)

Z

14.

 At which location of the sun would the shadow of the light pole be the longest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

15.

What changes the length of a shadow?

a)

the size of the sun

b)

the heat of the sun

c)

the angle of the sun

d)

the color of the sun