Light

Unit 4: Light
Unit 4 hand out 1

Name: .......................................................................... Year: 6 [ ] Date: ......./ 05/ 2024

Q1: Choose the BEST option for each question.

1. When an object blocks the source of light, 6. Why does the sky appear blue during the day?
what is formed? A. Due to reflection
E. Reflection B. Due to refraction
F. Shadow C. Due to scattering of light
G. Image D. Due to absorption
H. Nothing

7. Why does a red apple appear red to our eyes?

2. Opaque or transparent. What is this bottle?
A. It absorbs all colors except red
A. Transparent B. It reflects only red light
C. It refracts light to appear red
B. Opaque
D. It absorbs only red
C. Luminescent

D. Source of light
8. What happens to the speed of light when it
travels from air to glass?
3. The colours that reflect more light are A. It slows down
A. Pale colours B. It speeds up
B. Bright colours C. It remains constant
C. Dark colours D. It stays the same
D. No colour

4. A student placed a pencil in a glass of 9. Which diagram shows how Rachel can see a
water. The pencil appears broken candle flame? Circle A or B.
because...
A. light always travels in a straight line
B. the pencil cuts through the water
C. light bends when it passes through water.
D. light reflects the pencil on the surface of
water
5. What happens when light passes through a
prism?
A. It reflects
B. It refracts A. B 1
C. It absorbs
10 . Light is a form of
15. The angle of incoming light equals the angle
A. reflection of ______

B. energy A. reflected light

B. absorbed light
C. heat
C. incident light
D. matter D. absorbed light

matter 16. How does light travel?ec

11. Which of these is the best A. In dots
reflector of light? B. In a straight path
A. shiny metal C. In a curvy line
B. carpet D. None of the above
C. white paper
17. How does the light change direction to get
D. wood
around the sign?
12. ……………………..objects absorb almost A. it bends
all light and appears to have no colour.
B. another laser is used
A. Black
C. it goes through the sign
B. Green
C. White D. it is reflected
D. Red
18. What materials do not allow light to pass
through?

13. When light strikes a mirror, the A. transparent

mirror causes it to __________ or B. opaque
bounce off at the same angle the light
hit the surface. C. translucent

A. absorb D. clear

B. destroy 19. Light bent as it travels

20 sec
C. reflect
A. Reflection
D. stop B. Refraction
C. Wave
D. light
14. Light bounces backwards
20. The type of surface reflects light best
A. reflection
B. wave A. smooth
C. light B. false
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Q2: A. A young boy switches a torch on and shines it at a mirror. Add arrows to the diagram
below to show how the light travels from: [ the torch to the mirror • how the light is reflected
from the mirror].

Now, • Label the incident ray. • Label the reflected ray.

B. Draw light arrows on the periscope

below to show how it works.

C. What factors affect the reflection (bouncing off) of light?

The type of surface, and the angle of reflection.
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D. What is the reflection of light?___________________________________________________

Light from the light source hits the object
and then the light reflect into our eyes.
E. What is the refraction of light?

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Bending of light wind passes from medium to another in different speeds.
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Q3:1. Pupils shone a torch at a mirror and they noticed the light was reflected as shown below.
They decided to measure the angle of incidence (incoming light) and the angle of reflection
(reflected light) when the torch was in a variety of positions. Their results are shown below.

a. Which angle of reflection was not measured correctly(show the anomalous result) ? _____________

b. How can you tell?

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c. What would you suggest the pupils do to correct this result?

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2. This football is blue and white.

a. Why does the ball look blue and white if a white light shines on it?

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b. What would happen to the colour of the ball if a red filter was placed in front of the light?

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Q4: 1. The man in the photograph is in a submerged submarine. He is using a periscope.

a. What do you think he is using the periscope for?

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b. Suggest other ways in which periscopes are useful.

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2. In the given figure, answer the following:

a. What does the figure represent?

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b. Which angle represents the angle of incidence ?

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c. Which angle represents the angle of reflection ?

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d. If angle d is 60◦, what will be angle b? _____________

e. What type of surface is used for reflection in this figure? _______________

f. Label the incident and reflected rays.

3. Explain why we can see our image on a smooth

surface but not on a rough surface.

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Q5:1. Light is reflected and refracted by water. The diagram shows some paths a ray of light
may take.

a. Which letter shows the reflected ray? Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E

b. The law of reflection is about the angle of incidence (i) and the angle of reflection (r). Write
down the law of reflection.

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c. Which letter shows the refracted ray of light? Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E

2. Look at the diagram. It shows

how white light is split into
different colours.

a. Circle the name of the process that splits white light into different colours.

absorption dispersion reflection refraction

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b. The diagram below shows white light splitting into colours.

White light

1. What is the triangular glass object?_____________________

2. What two properties change when light is refracted?? ___________________________

3. Which colour of the spectrum has the longest wavelength? ___________________________

4. Which colour of the spectrum has the shortest wavelength? ___________________________

5. Label the colours on the diagram.

Q6: Study the image. The image shows a ray of light entering medium 2 from medium 1.

a. What will happen to the ray when it exits medium 1 and

enters medium 2?

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b. Why does light refract (bend) when it travels in mediums of

different densities?

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c. Where does a refracted ray bend when it travels to a

denser (medium2)?

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Q7:A. Light passes through some materials. Label the following pictures with
(transparent,translucent,opaque).

B. What is a laser?

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Cross- curricular link (English)

Use the internet or reference books to find out how a mirage is formed.

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