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Light โ€“ Sources, Shadows, Reflection

Science ยท Grade 5 ยท Week 13 ยท 25 questions

Light travels in straight lines, bounces off mirrors, and bends through lenses. Understanding how light behaves explains everything from rainbows to eyeglasses to cameras.

What you'll practise

  • Solve fraction problems
  • Work with angles
  • Explain reflection and refraction of light
  • Describe how mirrors and lenses form images
All 25 questions in this Light โ€“ Sources, Shadows, Reflection quiz

Grade 5 Science โ€” Light โ€“ Sources, Shadows, Reflection: 25 practice questions with instant scoring and explanations.

  1. What is light?
  2. What is the speed of light?
  3. What are sources of light?
  4. What is a luminous object?
  5. What is a non-luminous object?
  6. What is a shadow?
  7. What affects the size of a shadow?
  8. What is reflection?
  9. What is the law of reflection?
  10. What is a plane mirror?
  11. What is the image in a plane mirror like?
  12. What is a concave mirror?
  13. What is a convex mirror?
  14. What type of mirrors are used in vehicles?
  15. What is refraction?
  16. What causes a pencil to look bent in water?
  17. What is the colour of visible light that has the shortest wavelength?
  18. What is the colour of visible light that has the longest wavelength?
  19. What is dispersion of light?
  20. What causes a rainbow?
  21. What is opaque?
  22. What is transparent?
  23. What is translucent?
  24. What is the angle of incidence?
  25. What is the normal in reflection?
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What is light?