🔦 Part 1: Light Travel Knowledge

1. How does light travel from a source like a torch?

In curved lines

In straight lines

In zigzag patterns

In circles

2. When you shine a torch at an object, what can happen to the light? (Tick all that apply)

The light can be blocked

The light can pass through

The light can bounce off (reflect)

The light disappears completely

3. What is formed when light is blocked by an opaque object?

A rainbow

A shadow

A reflection

Nothing happens

🔬 Part 2: Investigation Recording

4. Draw your experimental setup below. Show the torch, the object you tested, and the path of light:

5. Complete the table by describing what happened when you shone light on different objects:

Cardboard: Light was _________________ and a _________________ was formed.

Clear plastic: Light _________________ through the object.

Mirror: Light _________________ off the surface.

6. Explain in your own words why light travels in straight lines:

🌟 Part 3: Thinking Further

7. Predict what would happen if you placed two objects in the path of light, one behind the other:

8. Draw arrows to show the direction light travels from the torch to create this shadow:

9. List three natural sources of light that also travel in straight lines:

1. _________________________

2. _________________________

3. _________________________

10. What safety rule must we follow when using torches in experiments?

Always shine them at the ceiling

Never shine them into anyone's eyes

Only use them in the dark

Keep them turned off during experiments

Light Travel Investigation

Light Travel Investigation

🔦 Part 1: Light Travel Knowledge

🔬 Part 2: Investigation Recording

🌟 Part 3: Thinking Further

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