Light Knowledge Organiser Quiz

Read each question and tick the correct answer. Use the Light Knowledge Organiser for help
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1 How do light waves travel? 4 What is being described here?

A in curved lines The angle between the normal

line and the reflected ray line.
B in straight lines
normal line
C in curved and straight lines

2 Which of these is a
definition of reflection? reflected ray

A When light bounces off a A the angle of reflection

surface and changes direction.
B the angle of incidence
B The area of darkness when
light has been blocked out. C the angle of refraction

C When light bends as it passes

from air into water. 5 Which of these types of waves
can travel through a vacuum?

3 Which of these pairs of words A sound waves

completes this sentence about
the law of reflection? B light waves

The angle of incidence is C water waves

the angle of .

A more than - refraction 6 Which colour is missing from

the colour spectrum?
B equal to - refraction
red, orange, yellow, green, ,
C equal to - reflection indigo, violet

A brown

B pink

C blue

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7 Who first discovered 11 Which of the following
that a transparent prism objects is not translucent?
separates out light into the
colours of the rainbow?
A frosted glass

B sunglasses
A Marie Curie
C water
B Isaac Newton

C Neil deGrasse Tyson 12 What type of object will

make the best shadow?
8 What is this picture of
A opaque
a bent spoon in water
an example of? B translucent

C transparent

A refraction 13 What will happen to a shadow

if an object is moved closer
B visible spectrum
to the light source?
C reflection

9 Which of these is a definition

of refraction?

A When light bounces off a A it will get smaller

surface, changing the direction
B it will get larger
of a ray of light.
C it will stay the same size
B Light that is able to pass
through an object.
14 Depending on the angle of the
C When light bends as it passes
object and light source, a shadow
from one medium to another.
can be elongated or ...?

10 Which of these words describes

an object that lets light
travel through it easily?

A opaque A shortened

B translucent B moved

C transparent C rotated

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Subject Knowledge Organiser Quiz Answers

1 B in straight lines 8 A refraction

2 A When light bounces off a surface 9 C When light bends as it passes

and changes direction. from one medium to another.

3 C equal to - reflection 10 C transparent

4 A the angle of reflection 11 C water

5 B light waves 12 A opaque

6 C blue 13 B it will get larger

7 B Isaac Newton 14 A shortened

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