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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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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The bouncing off of light rays from the surface of an object such as a mirror or other shiny surface is called:

• mirror
• laser
• reflection
• refraction

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What do we call this tool that separates white light into the colors of the Visible Spectrum?

• tuning fork
• prism
• microscope
• graduated cylinder

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• Reflection
• Refraction

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

• Refraction
• Reflection

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

• glass
• medium
• area
• boundary

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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.

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When light/waves move from one medium to another, change in ____ can be observed.

• speed, direction, frequency
• speed, direction
• frequency
• amplitude

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