Name: ________________________________ Grade Level & Section: _________________

Date: ____________________________ Teacher: __________________________

Worksheet 1: Properties of Light

Direction: Read the following questions carefully and write your answers in the
spaces provided below.

A. What is the difference between artificial and natural light sources? (5 sentences)

B. Fill in the chart with examples of artificial and natural light sources that EMIT
their own light:

NATURAL ARTIFICIAL

1.
1.__________________________
2.__________________________
3.__________________________
4.__________________________
5.__________________________
6.__________________________
1.__________________________
2.__________________________
3.__________________________
4.__________________________
5.__________________________
6.__________________________

C. What are some artificial and natural objects that REFLECT light?
NATURAL ARTIFICIAL

1.__________________________ 1.__________________________
2.__________________________ 2.__________________________
3.__________________________ 3.__________________________
D. Why was it hard to see your reflection after you crumpled up the aluminum foil?
(5 sentences)

E. Why is refraction important? (3 sentences) Give some examples. (3 examples)

F. What has amazed you most about the way God created light to behave? Write 2­3
sentences.

G. Explain the difference between specular and diffuse reflection using the figure
below. (5 sentences)

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