Light Quiz Review

What is this an example of?

• refraction

• reflection

• transmission

• absorption

Light bouncing off a mirror is an example of...

• Refraction

• Reflection

• transmission

• absorption

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

Refraction is the bending of a wave disturbance as it ______ an object

• bounces back from

• goes through

• is absorbed by

• destroys

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

• echo

• refraction

• reflection

• absorbing

What is this?

• Transmission

• Refrection

• Absorption

• Reflection

What happens to light when it reaches the lens?

• reflects

• refracts

• absorbs

A prism _________ light

• reflects

• refracts

• absorbs

• transmits

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

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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NGSS.4-PS4-2