HOLIDAY HOMEWORK SCIENCE

YEAR 8

SEPT 2014

NAME : .
1.

Gabby arranged a torch, two cards and a screen as shown below. Light from the torch passed
through holes in the cards and onto the screen.
s c re e n

c a rd B

spot of
lig h t

c a rd A

(a)

(b)

Why did a spot of light appear on the screen? Tick the correct box.
Light can be split up into
many colours.

Light can travel through

empty space.

Light travels in straight

lines.

Light travels very fast.

Gabby moved card B to one side as shown below. The ray of light passed through the hole
in card A and onto card B.
Continue the ray of light from the torch to show where it would hit card B.
Use a ruler.
s c re e n

c a rd B
c a rd A

(c)

Gabby used a torch to shine a ray of light towards a mirror. Continue the ray of light to
show how it reflects off the mirror. Add an arrow to show the direction of the reflected ray.
Use a ruler.

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2.

Nadia is on her bicycle, waiting to pull out from a road junction.

Michael is driving his car round the bend. A row of houses stops Nadia from seeing Michael's
car.

(a)

At what position will Michael's car be when Nadia first sees it?
Tick the correct box.
A

(b)

A row of shops was built opposite the junction. The shops have glass windows which act
as a mirror.

Nadia could see Joan's motorbike reflected in the glass window.

(i)

On the diagram above, draw a ray of light to show how Nadia can see Joan's
motorbike reflected in the glass window. Add arrows to the ray. Use a ruler.

(ii) How does the glass window help to reduce the number of accidents?
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3.

Two cyclists are riding along a dark road at night. One is wearing black clothes and the
other is wearing light-coloured clothes.

A car is driving behind the two cyclists. Light from the car headlamp shines on the cyclists.
(a)

What happens to the light when it reaches the light-coloured clothes?

.

(b) On the drawing above, draw a ray of light to show how light from the headlamp
reaches the driver so that he can see the cyclist in the light-coloured clothes.
Draw arrows to show the direction of the light.
(c)

What happens to the light when it reaches the black clothes?

.

Write the correct number for the definition given.

Key word

Definition

answer

1. Opaque
2. Translucent
3. Angle of incidence
4. Absorption
5. Angle of reflection
6. Transparent
7. Refraction
8. Luminous
9. Non-luminous
10. Filter
11. Reflection
12. Spectrum
13. Normal
14. Prism

See through.
You cannot see though it, but some light can get through.
No light can get through.
Light is not reflected.
Gives out its own light.
Does not give out its own light.
Light bounces off an object.
The angle between the reflected ray of light and the normal.
The angle between the incoming ray of light and the normal.
The line drawn at ninety degrees to the mirror surface.
When light changes direction (bends) as it goes through a substance.
An object used to separate white light into different colours.
The range of colours produced when white light is split up.
A material that only lets through certain colours; it absorbs the others.

Reflection Worksheet
Reflect these shapes in the given mirror lines (use a pencil and a ruler!):

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