Light and Color

Which images are opaque?

• A & C
• A,C,E, & F
• D, E, & F
• A & E

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Smooth surfaces _______ a lot of light.

• reflect
• bend
• absorb
• twist

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is a prism?

• a transparent object that separates white light
• an opaque object that appears black
• a translucent object

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Why do we see objects as white?

• They absorb all light
• They reflect all light
• They absorb some light and reflect some light

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Why does white light look like a rainbow when it exits a prism?

• The prism adds more kinds of light.
• The prism changes some white light into electricity.
• The prism is filled with many different colors.
• The prism separates white light into its component colors.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The color you see is the color that is ___.

• reflected
• absorbed

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

Translucent

• to bend light waves
• a material that allows some light to pass through it
• a form of energy that you can see
•  a material that allows light to pass through it

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Opaque

• to bend light waves
•  A material that does not allow light to pass through it

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Transparent

• A material that allows some light to pass through it
• a material that allows light to pass through it

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which of the following materials are translucent?

• a desk
• a baseball
• a doll
• a piece of tissue paper

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2