Exploring Light Energy

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📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. What is light energy?

A form of energy

A type of food

A sound wave

A solid material

2. Check all natural sources of light:

Sun

Fire

Light bulb

Moon

3. How does light usually travel?

In straight lines (rays)

Only through liquids

In circles around objects

Faster in shadows

4. What happens when light hits a shiny, smooth surface?

It reflects (bounces) off

It always passes straight through

It turns into sound

It disappears without effect

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Matching

5. In one sentence, explain what reflection is:

6. What is refraction? Give an everyday example (one sentence):

7. Match each term (A–D) with the correct description (1–4). Draw a line between the columns.

A. Reflection

B. Refraction

C. Absorption

D. Transmission

1. Light passes through a material (e.g., clear glass)

2. Light bends when it moves from one material to another (e.g., straw looks bent)

3. Light is taken in by a material and often becomes heat (e.g., black surfaces)

4. Light bounces off a surface (e.g., mirror)

8. How does absorption of light affect the temperature of an object? (Short answer)

🎨 Part 3: Draw & Investigate

9. Draw a simple ray diagram showing a light ray reflecting off a flat mirror. Label the incident ray, reflected ray and angle of incidence. Use the space below.

10. Quick investigation plan: You place a pencil partly in a glass of water. Predict what you will see (one sentence), then write one step you would do to test this.