Section 8 Refraction of Light Practice Quiz

A rainbow forms when white light separates into different colors during?

• Absorption
• Scattering
• Refraction
• Transmission

The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another is called?

• Convex Lens
• Refraction
• Concave Lens

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Which of the following happens when the medium in which a wave is traveling changes?

• Transmission
• Illumination
• Refraction
• Absorption

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line
• bends when it passes through water
• makes the water in the glass evaporate
• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

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Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.
• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.
• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.
• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.

Light bending as it passes through a rain drop is an example of...

• Refraction
• Reflection

Refraction is the bending of a wave disturbance as it passes from one _________ into another.

• glass
• medium
• area
• boundary

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Which of the following is not an example of refraction?

• background scenery on water's surface
• light passing through a raindrop
• a "broken" straw in a glass of water
• a shallow looking pool

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The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed
• stopped
• reflected
• refracted

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The pictures shows what a student observed when he looked through a hand lens at a penny.
What happens to light passing through a hand lens that makes the image of the penny appear larger? The light is-

• absorbed
• reflected
• refracted
• stopped

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