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The Speed of Light

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Quizzes about Light: Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6 | Grade 7

Grade 5 Science Students:

  • Please feel free to take all of these quizzes - not just the quiz for the grade your are in at the moment :-)
  • The subjects that you learn ( curriculum / syllabus ) are not the same between all the schools in the world :-(
  • You can also take the quiz for last year's grade to test how much you still remember ;-)

Grade 4 - What is light?, shadows, mirrors, where does light come from?, rainbows
Grade 5 - Kaleidoscope, microscope, telescope, prisms, convex, concave. - this quiz is lower down on this page
Grade 6 - Wavelength, frequency, electromagnetic spectrum, radiation, intensity
Grade 7 - Transparent, translucent, opaque, diffraction, reflection, refraction
All Grades - Over 1000 school science quiz questions for grade 3 to 9 students


Grade 5 Quiz - Kaleidoscope, microscope, telescope, prisms, convex, concave

1) Where does light on earth come from?

the moon
the atmosphere
the sun


2) What optical tool is used to study small insects - like ants?

microscope
telescope


3) What is used to study objects very far away?

microscope
telescope


4) What is the smallest optical instrument in this list?

telescope
eyeglass
microscope


5) Which optical tool is used to look at beautiful coloured patterns, and is really only a toy?

microscope
telescope
kaleidoscope


6) True or false ? Prisms are round pieces of glass.

True
False


7) Some expensive binoculars have lenses, mirrors and prisms in them.

True
false


8) What are the two types of lenses?

contex, concove
complex, conclave
convex, concave


9) True or false ? Convex lenses magnify things

True
False


10) True or false ? Concave lenses make things appear smaller

True
False


11) What does a lens do to light?

it bends it
it reflects it
it stops it


12) A ...... magnifies objects?

convex lens
concave lens
complex lens
concove lens


13) What type of lens makes things appear smaller?

convex lens
concave lens
complex lens
concove lens


14) Which lens is fat and thick at the center / centre?

concave
convex


15) Which lens is thin at the center / centre ?

concave lens
convex lens


16) What is needed to make a lens work?

electricity
light


17) What color absorbs the most heat ( light) making something hotter?

black
white


18) Pick the correct statement:

Microscopes are used to study the moon and the stars
Telescopes are used to study the moon and the stars


19) What can you use to show me how light is defracted?

a mirror
a lens
a brick


20) What can reflect light?

mirrors
polished metal surfaces
mirrors and polished metal surfaces



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