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Exploring Light

A Grade 3 science worksheet to explore the properties of light, including sources, reflection, and refraction.

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Exploring Light

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1. Which of these is a natural source of light?

a

Light bulb

b

Sun

c

Television

d

Flashlight

2. What happens when light bounces off a shiny surface?

a

It is absorbed

b

It is refracted

c

It is reflected

d

It disappears

1. Light can travel through opaque objects.

T

True

F

False

2. Shadows are formed when light is blocked by an object.

T

True

F

False

1. Light travels in a   line.

2. When light bends as it passes from one material to another, it is called  .

1. Name two things that produce their own light.

2. Look at the image below. What happens to the light as it passes through the prism?

Light passing through a prism, splitting into colors