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Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Energy - Shadows (Questions)

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Have you got a shadow? When does it appear? When does it go away? We all have a shadow sometimes. When studying energy in science at school you will have investigated shadows. When a ray of light energy is blocked, there is a shadow. The shadow is darker, because there is less light. Let’s investigate shadows a bit more.

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1. Look at the picture carefully. What can you see?
[ ] Two people beside a wall
[ ] The shadows of two people
[ ] One real person and one shadow
[ ] A mirror on the wall
2. Look at this picture. These are shadows of a family in a park. There is a baby carriage, a man and a child. The shadows are:
[ ] Longer than the real things
[ ] Shorter than the real things
[ ] Brightly colored
[ ] Brighter than the grass
3. What do we call lines of sunlight?
[ ] Shadows
[ ] Rulers
[ ] Rays
[ ] Clouds
4. What do we call lots of rays of light?
[ ] A shadow
[ ] A wedge
[ ] A door
[ ] A beam
5. What is this shadow puppet?
[ ] A rabbit
[ ] A cow
[ ] A sheep
[ ] A fox
6. Gareth is standing looking at his shadow. Which direction is the Sun?
[ ] To the right
[ ] To the left
[ ] Straight above Gareth’s head
[ ] Under Gareth’s feet
7. The light is being blocked by Gareth. The light cannot go through Gareth. Gareth is ______.
[ ] Transparent
[ ] Elastic
[ ] Plastic
[ ] Opaque
8. There is a shadow on the field. What is up in the air?
[ ] Bale of straw
[ ] Grass
[ ] Hot air balloon
[ ] Helicopter
9. This is a picture under a leaf. The frog is casting a shadow. Where is the frog?
[ ] Under the leaf
[ ] On top of the leaf
[ ] Inside the leaf
[ ] Nowhere near the leaf
10. Sarah is asleep in bed. The light is on. Sarah casts a shadow on the pillow. Sarah’s Mom comes in and quietly turns off the light. What happens to Sarah’s shadow?
[ ] Sarah’s shadow gets darker
[ ] Sarah’s shadow disappears
[ ] Sarah’s shadow gets bigger
[ ] Sarah’s shadow gets smaller
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Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Energy - Shadows (Answers)
1. Look at the picture carefully. What can you see?
[ ] Two people beside a wall
[x] The shadows of two people
[ ] One real person and one shadow
[ ] A mirror on the wall
When do you have a shadow?
2. Look at this picture. These are shadows of a family in a park. There is a baby carriage, a man and a child. The shadows are:
[x] Longer than the real things
[ ] Shorter than the real things
[ ] Brightly colored
[ ] Brighter than the grass
These shadows are very long. But your shadow can be longer or shorter than you really are
3. What do we call lines of sunlight?
[ ] Shadows
[ ] Rulers
[x] Rays
[ ] Clouds
The rays of the sun go in straight lines
4. What do we call lots of rays of light?
[ ] A shadow
[ ] A wedge
[ ] A door
[x] A beam
A torch makes a beam of light
5. What is this shadow puppet?
[ ] A rabbit
[ ] A cow
[ ] A sheep
[x] A fox
Can you make shadow puppets?
6. Gareth is standing looking at his shadow. Which direction is the Sun?
[x] To the right
[ ] To the left
[ ] Straight above Gareth’s head
[ ] Under Gareth’s feet
Gareth is blocking the sunlight. That’s why he has a shadow
7. The light is being blocked by Gareth. The light cannot go through Gareth. Gareth is ______.
[ ] Transparent
[ ] Elastic
[ ] Plastic
[x] Opaque
Gareth is casting a shadow
8. There is a shadow on the field. What is up in the air?
[ ] Bale of straw
[ ] Grass
[x] Hot air balloon
[ ] Helicopter
Shadows don’t have to touch the thing that makes them
9. This is a picture under a leaf. The frog is casting a shadow. Where is the frog?
[ ] Under the leaf
[x] On top of the leaf
[ ] Inside the leaf
[ ] Nowhere near the leaf
This is a tree frog in South America
10. Sarah is asleep in bed. The light is on. Sarah casts a shadow on the pillow. Sarah’s Mom comes in and quietly turns off the light. What happens to Sarah’s shadow?
[ ] Sarah’s shadow gets darker
[x] Sarah’s shadow disappears
[ ] Sarah’s shadow gets bigger
[ ] Sarah’s shadow gets smaller
If there is no light, there are no shadows