Light and Optics Quiz

When a wave strikes and object and bounces off. (example: echo)

• medium

• refraction

• reflection

• interference

When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another.(example: pencil in a glass of water-)

• medium
• refraction
• reflection
• interference

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The point where the rays meet is known as....

• Fire
• the focal point
• refraction
• Plane of the lens

The following is a picture of what type of mirror? 

• Convex Mirror
• Concave Mirror
• Plane Mirror
• Flat Mirror

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Which lens represents the path light takes through a concave lens?

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Which figure represents the path light takes through a convex lens?

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The primary colors of light are

• red, yellow and blue
• yellow, cyan and magenta
• red, green and blue
• red, orange, yellow, green, blue , and violet

This is an example of a __________ mirror.

• Concave
• Convex
• Plane
• Magnifying

Diamonds, as well as Fiber Optic cables, are able to redirect light through themselves and out at a specific point. This is possible due to...

• Diffusion

• Total Internal Reflection

• Total Internal Refraction

• Dispersion

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_________ can separate white light into its component wavelengths (the colors of the rainbow).

• A prism

• A mirror

• A star

• A black hole