Light & Sound Review 1

The pictures shows what a student observed when he looked through a hand lens at a penny.
What happens to light passing through a hand lens that makes the image of the penny appear larger? The light is-

• absorbed
• reflected
• refracted
• stopped

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A leaf is green. What does this tell you about the light that is being absorbed?

• The light is a UV ray.

• The light is not a part of the light spectrum.

• All colors are reflected except green.

• All colors are absorbed except green

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What color is an object that absorbs all the colors in the light spectrum?

• A rainbow

• White

• Black

• Invisible

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A _________ forms when the path of light is blocked?

• sun

• circle

• line

• shadow

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

Materials that do not allow light to pass through?

• clear

• opaque

• transparent

• translucent

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Materials that let some of the light pass through is?

• transparent

• opaque

• clear

• translucent

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2