Light Energy Exploration - Grade 8 Science
This worksheet explores fundamental concepts of light energy, including its properties, behavior, and interaction with matter, suitable for 8th-grade science students.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work where applicable.
1. Which of the following best describes light energy?
A form of sound that travels in waves.
Electromagnetic radiation that can be seen by the human eye.
A type of heat energy that warms objects.
Particles that only exist in a vacuum.
2. What happens to light when it passes through a prism?
It is absorbed.
It is reflected.
It is refracted and dispersed into its component colors.
It changes into sound energy.
3. The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another is called .
4. Objects that produce their own light are known as sources.
5. The colors of the visible light spectrum are commonly remembered by the acronym .
6. Light travels fastest through a vacuum.
True
False
7. Opaque materials allow some light to pass through them.
True
False
8. Explain the difference between reflection and refraction of light. Provide an example for each.
9. Draw a simple diagram illustrating a light wave, labeling its crest, trough, wavelength, and amplitude.
