Optics Review

What does it mean to reflect?

• bounce off
• bend
• refract
• energy

What does it mean to refract?

• bounce off
• to bend
• curve outward
• reflect

What property of light waves can be observed as light waves pass from one medium to another and change speed?

• Diffraction
• Refraction
• Reflection
• Separation

According to the Law of reflection, a light ray striking a mirror

• continues moving through the mirror in the same direction
• moves into the mirror at a slightly different angle
• bounces off the mirror toward the direction it came from
• bounces off the mirror at the same angle it hits.

The pencil in the glass of water appears bent due to ....

• reflection
• refraction
• mirrors
• focal point

When the surface of a mirror curves inward, like the inside of a spoon, it is called a

• Plane Mirror
• Convex Mirror
• Concave Mirror
• Diffuse Mirror

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

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

This is an example of a __________ mirror.

• Concave
• Convex
• Plane
• Magnifying

The law of reflection states that the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence. 

• True
• False

Which type of lens is a magnifying glass?

• convex
• concave
• plane
• optical