Light Energy Exploration

Light Energy Exploration

Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!

1. Which of the following is a source of light energy?

2. What happens to light when it hits a smooth, shiny surface?

3. Light travels in straight lines called  .

4. The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another is called  .

5. All objects produce their own light.

6. A prism can separate white light into different colors.

7. Look at the image below. Explain how a prism separates white light into a spectrum of colors.

Use the words below to complete the sentences.

8. An object that allows all light to pass through it is called  .

9. An object that blocks all light and creates a dark area behind it is  .