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STARS SCHOOL
Level : Primary 5
Subject : Science
Title : Unit 21 Revision
Day/date :

Name: __________________

Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

1. Heat can be transferred through a vacuum by __________________________.

2. The transfer of heat in a fluid due to uneven densities in it is called

___________________________.

3. Heat is transferred through ________________________, ______________________

and ______________________________.

4. The _______________________________ we see in the sky is due to dispersion.

5. Red light travels the fastest so it refracts the ____________________________

Violet light travels the slowest so it refracts the ________________________.

6. Light of different colours travel at different ____________________________

so they refract at different ______________________________ in the medium.

7. The breaking up of white light into its component colours is known

as _____________________________.

8. Light bends because it changes its _________________________ as it enters

another medium.

9. The bending of light as it travels from one medium to another is

known as ____________________________.
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All answers must be in complete sentences.

1. How does a rainbow form?

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2. What is refraction?

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3. How does the heat from the Sun reach the Earth?

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4. How does heat travel?

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5. What is dispersion and how it occurs?

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Define.

1. Conduction:

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2. Convection:

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3. Medium:

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4. Radiation:

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5. Refraction:

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