Understanding Light Rays
A Grade 6 science worksheet focusing on the properties and behavior of light rays, including reflection, refraction, and different types of light sources.
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Understanding Light Rays
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use complete sentences for short answer questions.
1. Which of the following best describes how light travels?
In waves, like sound
In straight lines, called rays
In circles, expanding outwards
Randomly in all directions
2. What happens to light when it hits a smooth, shiny surface?
It is absorbed
It is refracted
It is reflected
It changes color
3. The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another is called .
4. Objects that produce their own light are called sources.
5. Explain the difference between a transparent object and an opaque object in terms of how light rays interact with them.
6. Light can travel through a vacuum (empty space).
True
False
7. Shadows are formed when light rays are absorbed by an object.
True
False
8. Observe the diagram below showing light passing through a prism. What phenomenon is being illustrated?
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