light

What is reflection?

• Reflection is the bouncing  of light off the surface that it strikes on.
• Reflection is the absorbing of light off the surface that it strikes on.
• Reflection is the bending of light off the surface that it strikes on.
• Reflection is the scattering of light off the surface that it strikes on.

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What happens when light hits a shiny or smooth surface?

• It disappears

• It is refracted

• It is absorbed

• It is reflected

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What is it called when light bends as it moves from one substance to another?

• absorption

• reflection

• refraction

• incidence

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Why doesn’t the surface of a wooden boat reflect light as the surface of water does?

• because the boat's surface is rough and absorbs more light

• because the surface of the boat is red, not blue

• because the boat is not a natural object like the water is

• because the boat is on top of the water's surface

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When you look into a mirror, what is happening to the light?

• It is increasing in wavelengths.

• It is being refracted.

• It is being absorbed.

• It is being reflected.

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When light goes from one material(medium) to another it becomes bent, what term means bent?

• reflected

• refracted

• absorbed

• turned

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Why does the straw appear to be bent?

• light is reflected

• light is absorbed

• light is turned

• light is refracted

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When light passes from air to water, what happens to the speed of the light?

• speeds up

• slows down

• stays the same

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What are 3 things that can happen to light when it strikes an object?

• Darth Vader turns his light saber on

• can be reflected

• can be absorbed

• can be refracted

Which absorbs the most light?

• white hat

• black hat

• dark grey hat

• light grey hat

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