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Grade 5 Light & Sound Worksheet with Answers

Grade 5 (US) · Year 6 (UK) · Class 5 (India) · Science

Unit 6: Energy & Machines ReviewElectricity, Magnets & Machines

How light travels, reflects and refracts, transparent and opaque materials, shadows, and how vibrations make sounds of different pitch and volume. This free upper elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Light & Sound

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Learning goal: Electricity, Magnets & Machines

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

What do we call a material that lets all light through, like clear glass?

Answer: transparent

RememberLight and sound

Reflectbounces offmirror, echoRefractbends passing throughstraw in waterAbsorbtaken indark clothes get hotSoundvibrations throughsolids, liquids, gases
Part A

Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.

  1. 1What is formed when an object blocks light?
  2. 2What do we call a material that lets no light through, like wood?
  3. 3What is it called when light bends as it passes from air into water?
  4. 4What do we call the bands of colors made when white light splits through a prism?
  5. 5What do we call a sound that reflects back to you, like in a cave?
  6. 6What is the main natural source of light on Earth?
  • ARefraction
  • BEcho
  • CSun
  • DSpectrum
  • EShadow
  • FOpaque
Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 7

    What happens to a shadow as an object moves closer to the light source?

  2. 8

    What does pitch describe in a sound?

  3. 9

    Why do you see lightning before you hear thunder?

  4. 10

    What does volume (loudness) depend on?

  5. 11

    Which travels faster: light or sound?

    LightSound
  6. 12

    What causes sound?

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

I travel at 300,000 km every second. What am I?

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Answer key (click to show)
  1. 1.E — a shadow
  2. 2.F — opaque
  3. 3.A — refraction
  4. 4.D — a spectrum (the colors of the rainbow)
  5. 5.B — an echo
  6. 6.C — the Sun
  7. 7.the shadow gets bigger
  8. 8.how high or low it sounds
  9. 9.light travels much faster than sound
  10. 10.the size (amplitude) of the vibrations
  11. 11.light
  12. 12.vibrations
  13. ★light (challenge corner)

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