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Light Sources Worksheet

Anahera, Rawiri and Mei are helping prepare a kite festival as the sky grows dark. Investigate which objects make light, which reflect it, and how light sources can differ. Read each question carefully.

Spot the light

A light source produces its own visible light. Some objects look bright because they reflect light from somewhere else.

1.Which object is a natural source that produces its own light?

The Moon
The Sun
A silver kite
A mirror

2.Select the two artificial light sources Rawiri could use at the festival after dark.

A battery-powered torch
A glowworm
An LED lantern
The stars

3.True or false: The Moon is a light source because it shines in the night sky. Explain your choice in one sentence.

Sort and explain

Think about whether each object makes light itself or is seen by reflected light.

4.Match each object to the best description.

Glowworm
Candle flame
Moon
Kite illuminated by a lantern

Reflects light; does not make its own
Natural source that makes light
Reflects light; does not make its own
Artificial source that makes light

5.Anahera sees a bright patch on a white kite when a lantern shines on it. Is the kite producing light, or reflecting light? Explain.

6.The candle looks yellow-orange and the LED torch looks blue-white. What property of light are they showing a difference in?

Colour
Weight
Sound
Distance

7.Mei moves the same torch farther from a pale kite. The bright patch becomes dimmer. Give one likely reason for the change.

8.Write one natural and one artificial light source that could be seen at or near the festival. For each, state whether it makes its own light.

9.A festival helper says, “Every bright object makes its own light.” Use the Moon or the kite to give evidence that shows why this claim is incorrect.