Light

Calvin shines a thin beam of light onto a material, and the light refracts. Which diagram best shows what happens to the light?

• Picture # 1
• Picture # 2
• Picture # 3
• None of the Above

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Light refracts when traveling from air into glass because light 

• travels at the same speed in air and in glass. 
• frequency is greater in air than in glass. 
• frequency is greater in glass than in air. 
• travels slower in glass than in air.

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Light refracts when traveling from air into glass because light 

• travels at the same speed in air and in glass. 
• frequency is greater in air than in glass. 
• frequency is greater in glass than in air. 
• travels slower in glass than in air.

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The Law of Reflection:
The angle of incidence is _________ the angle of reflection

• bigger than
• the same as
• smaller than

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A blue shirt looks blue because...

• it absorbs blue and reflects all the colors
• it reflects blue and absorbs all the other colors
• it absorbs cyan and reflects all the other colors
• it reflects cyan and absorbs all the other colors

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A dark area of surface created by an object blocking light.

• shadow

• opaque

• transparent

• reflect

What is this a picture of?

• reflection
• refraction

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The picture is an example of which of the following

• Reflection

• Diffused

• Refraction

• Incident

According to Willebord Snell, light passing from air to glass will cause the light to

• maintain its original speed 
• accelerate while it is in glass
• increase its speed
• reduce its speed

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Light travels at ___________________ km per second.

• 30
• 300,000
• 15
• 1,000,00

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