Properties of Light
Explore the fundamental properties of light including reflection, refraction, and absorption with this Grade 6 science worksheet.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of the properties of light.
1. What happens when light bounces off a surface?
Refraction
Reflection
Absorption
Diffraction
2. Which of these materials would *best* reflect light?
Black cloth
Clear glass
Shiny mirror
Rough wood
3. When light passes from one medium to another and changes direction, it is called .
4. Dark-colored objects tend to more light than light-colored objects.
5. Explain why a spoon appears bent when placed in a glass of water.
6. Light travels in curved lines.
True
False
7. A prism can separate white light into different colors.
True
False
8. Observe the diagram below showing light passing through a prism. What property of light is demonstrated here?
