Light Energy Exploration
A worksheet for Grade 4 students to explore the properties and sources of light energy.
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Light Energy Exploration
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!
1. Which of the following is a natural source of light?
Flashlight
Sun
Lamp
Candle
2. What happens when light hits a smooth, shiny surface?
It is absorbed.
It is refracted.
It is reflected.
It disappears.
3. Light travels in a straight .
4. When light bends as it passes from one material to another, it is called .
5. A prism can separate white light into different .
6. Explain the difference between transparent and opaque objects.
7. Shadows are formed when light is blocked by an opaque object.
True
False
8. All objects that produce heat also produce light.
True
False
9. Look at the image below. It shows light passing through a prism. What happens to the white light when it enters the prism?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
10. When light bounces off a surface, it is called .
11. The bending of light as it passes through water is an example of .