Light

Discover how light bounces (reflects) and bends (refracts) with our fun science worksheet!

Fill in the missing words by clicking on the blank and selecting the word that best fits. Light travels in straightlines until it encounters a medium. A mediumis any substance or material. The way lightreacts dependson the medium it strikes. If the surface is shiny, light will be bounced backor reflected. If the material slows down light, it will bendthe light rays and cause light to be refracted. Match the description with the correct word Reflect bounce back mirror metal shiny Refract bend underwater eye glasses air lenses Students were making observations of how light interacts with objects that have different properties. Which of the following most likely reflected the most light? mirror hand lens black shirt glass marble The moon has no light of its own, yet it is visible to us on Earth. This is because the moon – refracts the sun's light reflects the sun's light absorbs the sun's light bends the sun's light Students place a straw in a glass of water as shown above. The straw in the water looks broken because – refraction reflection absorbtion transmission Which one of the pictures does not illustrate that light travels in a straight line? A D B Look at the above image. If the candle was held higher than the openings to the cards, would the flame still be visible? No, the candle's flame would not be visible Yes the candle's flame would be visible it would not matter In this example, light is refracted by the device shown. This piece of equipment is a - graduated cylinder lens prism telescope Text that is viewed through a glass marble appears larger or magnified. This is because light _ as it passes from the air into the marble. speeds up slows down is absorbed is omitted