WorksheetsProperties of Light Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 16mins
All of the following are sources of light except:
Sun
Light bulb
Fire
Moon
Light travels through air, water, glass, and many other materials. What path does it travel to get from one place to another?
Tunnel
circle
Straight
Zigzag
Translucent, Transparent, Opaque.
Which category do "Sunglasses" belong to?
Translucent
Transparent
Opaque
Reflective
Which is the slowest medium for light to travel through?
Gas
Solid
Liquid
Outer space
What is the primary source of natural light on Earth?
Moon
Stars
Sun
Fire
What happens to light when it passes through a prism?
It disappears
It bends
It speeds up
It stops
What is the term for light bouncing off a surface?
Reflection
Refraction
Absorption
Diffusion
Light is actually made up of seven colors of the rainbow. Why can’t we see those colors when the sunlight is shining down on a clear day?
The colors are only visible once they've bent and separated by passing through a raindrop at different speeds.
The colors are only visible when the sunlight reflects off glass or ice.
You can only see the colors when the sun peeks through a snow storm.
You can only see the colors in certain parts of the world.
Which objects let all light pass through them?
Opaque objects
Translucent objects
Transparent objects
None of the objects
Dark objects absorb (more or less) light than light-colored objects.
More
Less
The same amount
Why does a stop sign appear to be red?
Its paint adds red to white light
Red is reflected and all other colors are absorbed
The white light is stopped by the sign
The stop sign produces its own light
In what ways is a mirror different from a stop sign?
All colors bounce (reflect) off the mirror
No colors bounce off the mirror
Light passes through the mirror
Light is taken into the mirror
What happens to light when it travels from outer space to our atmosphere (air)?
Speeds up and reflects
Slows down and refracts
Doesn’t change
Stops completely
When light strikes an object that it cannot pass through it creates a
Shadow
Glow
Picture
Rainbow or light spectrum
Light shines on a blue dress. The light is made up of red, yellow, green, and blue light. Which color(s) does the dress absorb and which color(s) does the dress reflect?
It reflects almost all yellow and green light and absorbs only blue light.
It reflects only red, yellow and green light and absorbs almost all blue light.
It reflects almost all green light and absorbs almost all yellow and blue light.
It reflects almost all blue light and absorbs almost all red, yellow and green light.
Choose the best example that emits light.
Glass
a pupil of the eye
sun
none of the above
Which of the following is a man made source of light?
A book
A car
A torch
A poster
TRUE OR FALSE
There is only one source of light.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE OR FALSE
Living things can't produce their own light.
TRUE
FALSE
Name two light sources?
(Pick 2)
Moon
Light Bulb
Flashlight
Your Shadow
In this photo, a person uses his hands to make a heart shadow on the ground. The shadow has the same shape as his hands because_________.
light is refracted.
light travels in a straight line.
light passes through his hands.
light bends as it moves through objects.
