Properties of Light Worksheet
Explore the properties of light, including reflection, refraction, and the electromagnetic spectrum, with this engaging Grade 8 science worksheet.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. Which of the following best describes how light travels?
In a curved path
In straight lines
Like sound waves
Only through a vacuum
2. What happens to light when it passes from one medium to another and changes direction?
Reflection
Refraction
Diffraction
Absorption
3. The bouncing back of light when it strikes a surface is called .
4. White light is made up of different colors, which can be seen when passed through a .
5. Light can travel through a vacuum.
True
False
6. The color black absorbs all colors of light.
True
False
7. Explain the difference between a transparent, translucent, and opaque object.
8. Observe the diagram below showing light passing through a prism. Label the colors of the visible spectrum in order.
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