LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN SCIENCE 7

Worksheet No. 5, Quarter 3

Learner’s Name: __________________________________________________________

Grade Level/Section: ________________________ Date: ________________________

a. Most Essential Learning Competency

Explain color and intensity of light in terms of its wave characteristics.

b. Objective/s
1. Infer that brightness of light is dependent on the distance of the source
2. Describe the characteristics of colors of light according to frequency, wavelength
and energy of the different colors of light
3. Relate frequency, wavelength and energy of the different colors of light

God was able to see His beautiful creations because of the LIGHT He created. Almost
everything we see around us is made visible by the light it reflects from sources such as sun,
candle, etc. But what is light? What are the different characteristics of light? Have fun in learning all
of these lessons about light by reading and answering the prepared activities in this learning
activity sheets.

A. Practice Tasks

ACTIVITY 1
INTENSITY VS DISTANCE FROM THE LIGHT SOURCE
Materials Needed:
 Flashlight
 new batteries

Procedure:
1. Stand up facing the wall at a distance of about 1 foot (1 ruler).
2. Position the bulb of the flashlight exactly right in front of the wall.
3. Turn it on and observe what happens.
4. Do steps 1-2, but this time, you will increase the distance by 1 foot until you reach 6 feet
away from the wall.
5. Rank the brightness according to the intensity of light it emits. Rank 1 being the brightest
and rank 5 being the dimmest light.

Distance from the wall (ft) Rank

1 ft
2 ft
3 ft
4 ft
5 ft
6 ft

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ANALYSIS
Guide Questions:
1. What distance from the wall ranks FIRST in terms of brightness? _____________
2. What distance from the wall ranks LAST in terms of brightness? _____________
3. How would you relate the apparent brightness of light with the distance from the source?

ACTIVITY 2
COLOR SPECTRUM
Below is the table on the corresponding frequency and wavelength of the different colors of light.
Analyze them to answer the questions that follow.

Color Frequency Wavelength (x Frequency x wavelength (m/s)

Spectrum (x 1012 /s) 10-9 m)
(422 x 1012 /s) (700 x 10-9 m)
Red 422 700 = 295 400 x 103 m/s
= 3.0 x 108 m/s
(484 x 1012 /s) (620 x 10-9 m)
Orange 484 620 = 300 080 x 103 m/s
= 3.0 x 108 m/s
(517 x 1012 /s) (580 x 10-9 m)
Yellow 517 580 = 299 860 x 103 m/s
= 3.0 x 108 m/s
(566 x 1012 /s) (530 x 10-9 m)
Green 566 530 = 299 980 x 103 m/s
= 3.0 x 108 m/s
(638 x 1012 /s) (470 x 10-9 m)
Blue 638 470 = 299 860 x 103 m/s
= 3.0 x 108 m/s
(744 x 1012 /s) (400 x 10-9 m)
Violet 744 400 = 297 600 x 103 m/s
= 3.0 x 108 m/s
Table 1. Characteristics of Light - Color

ANALYSIS
Direction. Answer the following guide questions
1. Which color registers the highest frequency? Shortest wavelength?

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2. Which color registers the lowest frequency? Longest wavelength?

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3. What did you observe with the wavelength and frequency of the different colors?
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4. What did you observe with the product of wavelength and frequency of the different colors?

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5. What can you say about the speed of the different colors of light in air?
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ACTIVITY 3
Combining Colors
Objective
1. Combine the colors of light

Materials Needed
 flashlights
 cellophane (red, blue and green)
 Scissors
 Rubber band

Procedure
1. Cover the lens of the flashlight with blue plastic filter. Do the same with the 2 other
flashlights. The 2nd flashlight with green plastic filter and the 3rd with red plastic filter.
2. Shine these flashlights on the white screen and note the colors projected on the screen.
3. Let 2 color lights from the flashlights overlap. Observe what color is produced and fill in
the table below.

ANALYSIS

Fill in the table after performing the activity.

Table 2. Color that you see

Color of Plastic Filter Color that you see projected

on the screen
Green
Blue
Red

Table 3. Color mixing

Color Combination Resulting Color

Green + Blue
Blue + Red
Red + Green
Red + Green + Blue

ABSTRACTION

PART 1 - CHARACTERISTICS OF LIGHT

Figure 1. Illumination of light vs3 Distance from light source

 Objects that emit their own light are called luminous object. They can further be classified
as natural sources of light such as the sun and stars and artificial sources of light such as bulb,
candles, flashlight etc. On the other hand, objects that reflects light in order to be seen are called
illuminated objects. In the absence of luminous object, illuminated objects will not be seen.
Examples are planets, moon and almost all the things around us.
A given amount of light will spread over a wider area as it moves away from the source.
This area increases as the square of the distance from the source. The amount of light falling on
each unit area will decrease as the distance of the source of light from the source increases.
Different distances from the source of light produces varied light intensity.
Remember that what actually changes is the amount of light that falls per unit area or the
illumination. The changes that you may see on the intensity or brightness of light is APPARENT or
seemingly real.

Sir Isaac Newton formulated the Corpuscular Theory of Light

which states that light is composed of tiny particles called
“corpuscles”. Using a triangular shaped glass prism, he is able
to separate white light into colors. This separation of white light
into colors is called dispersion. Dispersion is a special kind of
refraction. This happens because these spectrum of colors
have different wavelengths. The index of refraction depends
upon these wavelength. The shorter the wavelength, the
greater is the index of refraction. Thus as white light pass
through the prism, different colors of light bent at varying
degrees.

Figure 2. Newton showing that white

light is composed of different colors

Violet has the shortest wavelength

and thus bent the most followed by blue and other colors.
Red has the longest wavelength and thus
bent the least.
Just like electromagnetic waves,
these colors are arranged according to wavelength and
Figure 3. White light dispersed into colors frequency. Violet has the highest frequency and
energy while red has the lowest frequency and
energy. This arrangement is called color spectrum.
Colors bring life to the things around us. Just like pitch (the highness or lowness of sound),
the color of the object depends upon the frequency of light it emits or as reflected by the object.
There are three primary colors of light- red, blue
and green. The combination of these three colors
becomes the white light. Thus, white is not a color
itself rather a combination of all the colors of light.
Similarly, black is also not a color rather the
absence of light.
When the three primary colors of light are projected
on white screen, the overlapping areas produce
different color of light.
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Figure 8. Color Combination of light

Resulting
Color Combination of Light
Color
RED + BLUE = Magenta
RED + GREEN = Yellow
BLUE + GREEN = Cyan

RED + BLUE + GREEN = White

APPLICATION

I. Choose among these possible outputs: collage, photo-essay or poster. Thru one of
these outputs, answer this question:
“How would life be without LIGHT?”

II. Have you ever seen a rainbow after the rain? Rainbow is a spectacular example of
dispersion, water droplets act as prism. As sunlight pass through them, water droplets
dispersed light into colors and thus producing rainbow.
What is the top color of the rainbow? Why is this so?
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B. Assessment

TEST I.
Directions. Read the questions carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.
For nos. 1-3. Refer to the Color Spectrum below.

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet

1. Which color of light has the shortest wavelength?

A. blue C. yellow
B. violet D. red
2. Arranged the following colors of light according to increasing energy…
1. yellow 4. violet
2. red 5. green
3. blue 6. Orange

A. 435162 B. 456321 C. 261534 D. 345216

3. Which of the following statement is TRUE about wavelength and frequency?
I. As the wavelength increases, the frequency increases too.
II. As the wavelength decreases, the frequency decreases too.
III. As the wavelength decreases, the frequency increases

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 IV. As the wavelength increases, the frequency decreases
A. I only C. I and II
B. III only D. III and IV

4. What color will you see on the screen if you combine blue light and red light?
A. magenta C. cyan
B. violet D. yellow

II. Essay. Explain briefly. (2 POINTS)

How would you relate the apparent brightness of light with the distance from the source?
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SCORING FOR OUTPUT

(COLLAGE, ESSAY OR POSTER)

CRITERIA 5 points 4 points 3 points

Creativity The output made is neat, The output is somewhat neat Needs to be neatly improved
and colorful and attractive and attractive but can be and lacks color attraction
Neatness further improved
Timeliness Output is submitted on or Output is submitted one day Output is submitted two days
before the time assigned by late late
the teacher
Learned The output clearly depicts the The output somehow depicts The output does not depict
Scientific importance of Light in our the importance of Light in our the importance of Light in our
Concept is daily lives. daily lives. daily lives.
Evident

Science Teacher’s Guide pp. 147-149

Science Learner’s Module 7 pp. 230-233
Physics Textbook (Science and Technology IV) pp. 27
Madriaga, E.A, PhD., Valdoz, M.P., Aquino, M.D., Nenita, A.A. (2017). Science Links, Worktext for Scientific
and Technological Letiracy. Rex Book Store, Inc. (RBSI). pp. 250-254

Check the links below for further information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCfR_iNsW6k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Rs8lc5x2g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U1vOWjC4uA

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