Reflection and Refraction

When light hits an area and bounces back it is called:

• echo

• refraction

• reflection

Why does the straw appear to be bent?

• because the light is reflected

• because the light is absorbed

• because the light is refracted

When light passes from air to water, what happens to the speed of the light?

• speeds up

• slows down

• stays the same

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Light bending as it passes from one medium (object) to another is...

• Refraction
• Reflection

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Light bouncing off a mirror is an example of...

• Refraction
• Reflection

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A prism separating white light is an example of...

• Refraction
• Reflection

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Light travels

• around corners
• in a straight line

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Light bounces when it is 

• reflected
• absorbed
• refracted

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Light bends when it is 

• refracted
• reflected
• absorbed

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A window is ________.

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

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