Science -Light revision

Materials that do not let light pass through

• Reflection

• Prism

• Opaque

• Transparent

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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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 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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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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This material allows almost ALL of the light to pass through it. This material is:

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

• Transaction

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This material allows almost SOME of the light to pass through it. This material is:

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

• Transaction

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A straw sitting in a glass of water looks broken because light travels more slowly through the water than air. This is an example of ____________.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorbing

• Transmitting

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Cardboard, wood, and books are some examples of ________ objects.

• opaque

• translucent

• transparent

• reflection

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When light can easily pass through an object, we say that that object is ___ .

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• transported

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