light reflection and refraction

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

• echo

• refraction

• reflection

• absorbing

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Light travels through air, water, glass and many other materials. What path does it travel to get from one place to another?

• sideways

• back and forth

• straight

• up and down

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When light hits a barrier that is solid/opaque what is usually created?

• a hot object

• a shadow

• nothing

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When light goes from one material(medium) to another it becomes bent, what term means bent?

• reflected

• refracted

• absorbed

• turned

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Why does the straw appear to be bent?

• light is reflected

• light is absorbed

• light is turned

• light is refracted

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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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What is the best explanation for Mickey seeing himself in the mirror?

• refraction

• absorbed

• reflection

• flipped

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What do we call a material that light can travel through?

• air

• water

• medium

• pathway

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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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