Properties of Light Practice Questions.

The bouncing of light off an object

• Reflection

• Prism

• Opaque

• Refraction

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The bending of light as it passes at an angle from one type of matter into another.

• Prism

• Reflection

• Transparent

• Refraction

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A transparent material that separates white light into its component colors.

• Opaque

• Prism

• Refraction

• Transparent

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Materials that do not let light pass through them

• Reflection

• Prism

• Opaque

• Transparent

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Materials that let light pass through them

• Transparent

• Refraction

• Prism

• Opaque

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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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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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Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.
• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.
• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.
• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.

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