Year 6 Light End of Unit Assessment

What is a light source?

• A light-absorbing object
• A sound-producing device
• A heat-generating material
• An object that emits light.

How can we see the moon at night?

• It is a light source

• It reflects light from the Sun

• It is really big

Light travels in a ________ line

Light travels faster than sound

• True

• False

Light can travel through space

• True

• False

The moon is a light source

• True

• False

Stars shine because they reflect the sun's light

• True

• False

What happens when you put an opaque object in front of a light source?

• The world ends

• The light goes out

• A shadow is created on the front of the object

• A shadow is created on the opposite side of the object

How does a shadow change as you move an object closer to the light source?

• It gets bigger

• It gets smaller

• It stays the same

What time of day is your shadow the longest?

• It is always the same

• Sunrise/Sunset

• Midday