Properties of Light - Test Practice (Weaver)

The following picture shows an example of light being...

• Transmitted

• Absorbed

• Reflected

• Refracted

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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.MS-PS4-2

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

• Reflection
• Refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Light bending as it passes through a rain drop is an example of...

• Refraction
• Reflection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Faith and Elijah are using a flashlight and their hands to make shadow puppets. What property of light creates the shapes on the wall?

• Light transmits through their hands.

• Light refracts when it passes through their hands.

• Light absorbs into the hand.

• Light reflects off their hands back at them.

Define absorption

• the bending of light rays

• occurs when an object takes in light

• occurs when light rays bounce from a surface

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Define reflection

• the bending of light rays

• occurs when an object takes in light

• occurs when light rays bounce from a surface

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2