LIGHT

Book Quiz
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Directions: Read each question and choose the best answer.

1. What does light allow you to do?

A listen to people talk

B tell which apple is sour

C find a brown toad

2. How does light move?

A It moves in straight lines.
B It moves in circles.
C It moves around objects.

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Teacher Instructions: For emerging readers, read the questions to students.

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3. When a room has very little or no light,

the room is .
A colorful
B dark
C bright

4. Which of these things moves fastest?

A a football being kicked

B light coming from a firefly

C an airplane flying in the sky

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5. Why does a green shirt look green?

A It makes green light.
B It soaks up green light and
sends the other colors
of light to your eyes.
C It soaks up most colors
of light and sends green
light to your eyes.

6. What happens to objects that

soak up light energy?
A They get warmer.
B They get cooler.
C They stay the same.

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7. As the Sun gets higher in the sky,

what happens to your shadow?
A It gets longer.
B It gets shorter.
C It gets darker.

8. Which of these is not a source

of light?

A clouds

B the Sun

C lightning

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Teacher Instructions: Have students study the images below and circle the best answers.

9. How much light goes through each of these things?

In the box below each picture, circle ALL, SOME, or
NONE to tell how much light can go through it.

ALL SOME NONE ALL SOME NONE ALL SOME NONE

ALL SOME NONE ALL SOME NONE ALL SOME NONE

10. Extended Response: Have students explain two ways

their life would be different if the only light sources
were natural ones, such as the Sun and fire. Then have
them explain how each change would make them feel.
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Book Quiz Answer Sheet

Nonfiction Book
Question Type ELA Comprehension Skill
Page Reference
1. C literal p. 4 Main Idea & Details

2. A literal p. 10 Main Idea & Details

3. B vocabulary p. 4 Vocabulary

4. B inferential p. 10 Make Inferences & Draw Conclusions

5. C inferential p. 15 Make Inferences & Draw Conclusions

6. A literal p. 11 Cause & Effect

7. B inferential p. 13 Make Inferences & Draw Conclusions

8. A vocabulary p. 6 Vocabulary

9. data analysis p. 7 Interpret Visual Devices

ALL SOME NONE ALL SOME NONE ALL SOME NONE

ALL SOME NONE ALL SOME NONE ALL SOME NONE

10. Extended Response: Students should describe two ways their life would be different if
the only sources of light were natural ones. Then they should explain how each change
would make them feel. What activities could they no longer do? What devices could they
no longer use? Examples:
• We would have to keep the windows open at school. I would like seeing the
playground all day.
• My family could not drive to a restaurant at night. I would get tired of eating at home.
• I could not play video games. I would miss playing my favorite game with my sister.
• I would have to learn how to get around my house in the dark. I would feel scared.
• My grandpa and I might have more campfires. I think they are fun.
• We could still do some things outside at night when the Moon is out because light
would still reflect off the Moon.

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