Reflection of Light

Complete the passage about reflection of light, by filling in the blanks below,
using the words in the word bank. The number of letters for each blank is
shown in the brackets after the blank.

Word bank
plants sources direction planets dark reflected
produce light reflection object stars animals

Only some objects can make their own light, including fires, lamps and
............................ (5). They are examples of ..................................... (7)
of light. Some ..................................... (7) are also able to make their
own light, including glow-worms and fireflies.

Our star is called the Sun. Without the ............................ (5) from the
Sun reaching Earth, ................................. (6) 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 ...................... (4) and clear night.

Light from an ................................. (6) which produces light can hit the
surface of another object which does not produce light and bounce off
it. This is called ............................................. (10) of light. It can cause
light to change ........................................... (9).

At night, not all the shining lights in the sky are stars. Some of the
brightest lights we see on a dark night are ..................................... (7),
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 ..................................... (7) any light because light can be
........................................... (9).

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Complete the passage about reflection of light, by filling in the blanks below,
using the words in the word bank. The number of letters for each blank is
shown in the brackets after the blank.

Word bank
plants sources direction planets dark reflected
produce light reflection object stars animals

Only some objects can make their own light, including fires, lamps and
stars
............................ sources
(5). They are examples of ..................................... (7)
animals
of light. Some ..................................... (7) are also able to make their
own light, including glow-worms and fireflies.

light
Our star is called the Sun. Without the ............................ (5) from the
plants
Sun reaching Earth, ................................. (6) could not grow and life
would not exist. There are many different stars and we can see some of
dark (4) and clear night.
them in the sky on a ......................

object
Light from an ................................. (6) which produces light can hit the
surface of another object which does not produce light and bounce off
reflection
it. This is called ............................................. (10) of light. It can cause
direction
light to change ........................................... (9).

At night, not all the shining lights in the sky are stars. Some of the
planets
brightest lights we see on a dark night are ..................................... (7),
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
produce
which do not ..................................... (7) any light because light can be
reflected
........................................... (9).

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