Reflection of Light

Complete the passage about reflection of light, by filling in the blanks below,
using the words in the word bank. You do not need to use all of the words.

plants sources direction planets dark

reflected colour produce light reflection
object stars animals absorption mirrors

Only some objects can make their own light, including fires, lamps and

................................... . They are examples of ................................... of light.

Some ................................... are also able to make their own light, such as fireflies.

Our star is called the Sun. Without the ................................... from the Sun

reaching Earth, ................................... could not grow and life would not exist.

There are many different stars and we can see some of them in the sky on a

................................... and clear night.

Light from an ................................... which produces light can hit the surface

of another object which does not produce light and bounce off it. This is called

................................... of light. It can cause light to change .................................. .

At night, not all the shining lights in the sky are stars. Some of the brightest

lights we see on a dark night are ..................................., such as Mars, Venus and

Mercury. They do not produce their own light, but we can still see them! In fact,

we can see many different objects which do not ................................. any light

because light can be ................................... .

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Complete the passage about reflection of light, by filling in the blanks below,
using the words in the word bank. You do not need to use all of the words.

plants sources direction planets dark

reflected colour produce light reflection
object stars animals absorption mirrors

Only some objects can make their own light, including fires, lamps and

stars
................................... sources
. They are examples of ................................... of light.

animals
Some ................................... are also able to make their own light, such as fireflies.

light
Our star is called the Sun. Without the ................................... from the Sun

plants
reaching Earth, ................................... could not grow and life would not exist.

There are many different stars and we can see some of them in the sky on a

dark
................................... and clear night.

object
Light from an ................................... which produces light can hit the surface

of another object which does not produce light and bounce off it. This is called

reflection
................................... direction
of light. It can cause light to change .................................. .

At night, not all the shining lights in the sky are stars. Some of the brightest

planets
lights we see on a dark night are ................................... , such as Mars, Venus and

Mercury. They do not produce their own light, but we can still see them! In fact,

produce
we can see many different objects which do not ................................. any light

reflected
because light can be ................................... .

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