Light, Reflection, and Absorption

When light strikes a surface, it does 4 main things. It can...

• Reflect

• refract

• transmit

• absorb

• All of the above

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What happens when light strikes any shiny surface, like a mirror?

• It reflects

• It refracts

• It gets absorbed

• It changes color

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What happens when a light strikes a dark colored or black surface?

• It refracts and turns to heat energy

• It's absorbed and turns to heat energy

• It transmits and turns to heat energy

• It reflects and scatters

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What happens when a light strikes a transparent surface, such as window glass or plastic wrap?

• Light can pass through or be transmitted

• Light will reflect and scatter

• Light will be absorbed and heated

• The light will be refracted

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What happens when light hits a clear looking thick, transparent surface like a lens, prism, or water?

• The light is reflected

• The light is absorbed

• The light slows down and is refracted

• The light speeds up and is completely transmitted.

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How does light travel?

• In zigzags

• In waves

• In circles

• all over the place

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Why do we see green when look at a leaf?

• Because the green color wave is being reflected, and all other colors are being absorbed

• Because the green color wave is being absorbed, and all the other colors are being reflected

• Because the green color wave is being transmitted, and the others are not

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What type of lens is this?

• Covex

• Concave

• Compact

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