Light Lessons 1-3

The only light on the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can see is called ____________________.

• x-rays

• visible light

• radio waves

• gamma rays

A clear object that bends light waves inward as the light passes from one clear substance to another is called a ___________________.

• concave lens

• concave mirror

• convex mirror

• convex lens

What happens when light travels from air to water?

• It reflects.

• It refracts.

• It scatters into space.

• It reacts.

What does this picture represent?

• A broken light ray.

• A reflected light ray.

• A refracted light ray.

• A scattering light ray.

What color absorbs all light?

• Black

• White

• Red

• Yellow

Depending on the distance from the object, a __________________ can produce inverted (upside down) or upright images that could be enlarged or smaller.

• convex mirror

• concave lens

• concave mirror

• convex lens

A light that strikes a mirror __________________________.

• bounces off the mirror in the direction it came from

• bounces off the mirror in the opposite direction at the same angle it hits

• is all absorbed by the mirror

• moves through the mirror and refracts.

This image represents a _________________ .

• Concave lens

• Concave mirror

• Convex lens

• Convex mirror

This image represents a _________________ .

• Concave lens

• Concave mirror

• Convex lens

• Convex mirror

This image represents a _________________ .

• Concave lens

• Concave mirror

• Convex lens

• Convex mirror