Quiz about Light - Reflection and Refraction

Question 1

The following diagram shows a driver who could see the image of a vehicle behind him without turning his back.

Why?

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Light is reflected

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Light travels in a straight line

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Light is refracted

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Light travels in two different mediums

Question 2

Diagram shows a phenomenon occurs when the spotlight is directed onto a mirror surface. What is the principle of light shown in the situation?

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Reflection of light

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Light travels in a straight line

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Refraction of light

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Light travels in parallel

Question 3

What causes the formation of a rainbow?

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Refraction of light

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Light travels in a straight line

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Reflection of light

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Light in bounced in two different mediums

Question 4

The bending of light is called...

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refraction

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a rainbow

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reflection

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absorption

Question 5

When light bounces off light, this is called...

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reflection

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refraction

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absorption

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a prism

Question 6

An opaque object taking in light is called...

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absorption

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a rainbow

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dark colors

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refraction

Question 7

What happens when light hits a mirror?

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It bounces off the mirror.

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It goes through the mirror and bends.

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It goes around the mirror.

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It goes straight through the mirror.

Question 8

Light is a form of energy that creates...

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heat

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water

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shade

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matter

Question 9

Light travels in a _________ line.

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straight

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wavy

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curved

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low

Question 10

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

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Reflection

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Refraction

Question 11

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

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bends when it passes through water

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always travels in a straight line

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makes the water in the glass evaporate

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reflects the pencil on the water's surface

Question 12

Refraction is the bending of a wave disturbance as it passes from one _________ into another.

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medium

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glass

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area

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boundary

Question 13

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

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straight

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sideways

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back and forth

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up and down

Question 14

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

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reflection

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echo

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refraction

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absorbing

Question 15

Light bends as it passes through a lens. This is called what?

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Refraction

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Reflection

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Diffraction

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Dilation

Question 16

What does it mean to reflect?

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bounce off

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bend

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refract

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energy

Question 17

What does it mean to refract?

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to bend

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bounce off

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curve outward

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reflect

Question 18

How does light travel?

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in a straight path

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in a wavy path

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in a zig zag path

Question 19

Another name for light bending is ....

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Refraction

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Reflaction

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Absorbing

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mirror

Question 20

The term for any wave that hits a surface and bounces off

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Reflection

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Transparent

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Translucent

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Refraction

Question 21

lenses

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refract

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reflect

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absorb

Question 22

prism

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refraction

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reflection

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absorption

Question 23

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-

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refracted

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absorbed

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reflected

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stopped

Question 24

A _________ forms when the path of light is blocked?

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shadow

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sun

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circle

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line

Question 25

How is refraction different from reflection.

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Reflection is the bouncing of light off an object and refraction is the bending of light when it moves through one kind of matter to another.

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Reflections is the bending of light when it moves through one kind of matter to another and refraction is the bouncing of light off an object.

Question 26

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

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a shadow

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a hot object

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nothing

Question 27

When light passes from air to water, what happens to the speed of the light?

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slows down

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speeds up

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stays the same

Question 28

What can you use to see all the different colors in white light?

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A prism

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A flashlight

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A shadow

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A camera

Question 29

What color is an object that absorbs all the colors in the light spectrum?

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Black

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A rainbow

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White

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Invisible

Question 30

What color has the longest wavelength?

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Red

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Black

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Green

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Purple

Question 31

Which illustration best shows the light being reflected?

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Option D is correct

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A.

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B.

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C.

Question 32

Which of the following is the best example of an object absorbing light?

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A black sweater in the sun.

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A clean window in the sun.

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A curved mirror in the sun.

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A long shadow in the sun.

Question 33

Allows little to no light through.

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Opaque

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Transparent

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Translucent

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Opal

Question 34

How do we see an object?

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Light reflects off the object and into our eyes.

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The object produces its own light.

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Light travels from our eyes and reflects off the object

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Light reflects off our eyes and enters the object

Question 35

Why can't we see anything in a dark room?

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C) No light reaches our eyes.

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A) Everything is black in colour.

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B) Our eyes do not work in darkness.

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D) All the light gets scattered.

Question 36

Light is a form of ______________________

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energy

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inertia

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currency

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sound

Question 37

Which is a natural light source?

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Sun

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Computer

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Light bulb

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Phone

Question 38

The sun is ____________________

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a natural source of light

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an iluminated body

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an artificial source of light

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an artificial creation

Question 39

The flash light is ______________________

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an artificial source of light

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not a human creation

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a natural source of light

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a creation of the nature

Question 40

This property of light is called ___________

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refraction

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reflection

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dispersion

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transparency

Question 41

Which are properties of light?

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Light travels in straight lines and in all directions

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Light travels in curved lines and in all directions

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Light doesn't travel

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light is faster in the water

Question 42

This is _______________________

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a transparent object

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a piece of paper

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an opaque object

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a translucent object

Question 43

This is _______________________

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a translucent object

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a piece of paper

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an opaque object

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a transparent object

Question 44

All the following material example of transparent material except

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Tissue paper

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Air

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Glass

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Clear water

Question 45

sunglasses and tinted windows

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reflection

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refraction

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absorption

Question 46

What is the correct order of the colors of the rainbow?

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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

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red, orange, yellow, blue, green, indigo, violet

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orange, yellow, red, blue, purple, indigo

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red, orange, yellow, green, indigo

Question 47

Which travels faster?

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light

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sound

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water

Question 48

An object is opaque if __________________

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no light can pass through and it causes a dark shadow

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most light can pass through and it has very little shadow

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some light can pass through and it has some shadow

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it is blurry and causes a dark shadow

Question 49

If something is translucent it _________________

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allows some of the light to pass through and has some shadow

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allows most of the light to pass through and has very little shadow

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allows no light to pass through and causes a dark shadow

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is blurry and causes a dark shadow

Question 50

If something is transparent ___________________

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it allows most of the light to pass through. It has very little shadow

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it allows some of the light to pass through. It has some shadow

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It does not allow any light to pass through. If makes a dark shadow

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it is blurry and makes a dark shadow

Light - Reflection and Refraction

50 questions

The following diagram shows a driver who could see the image of a vehicle behind him without turning his back.
Why?

Diagram shows a phenomenon occurs when the spotlight is directed onto a mirror surface. What is the principle of light shown in the situation?

What causes the formation of a rainbow?

The bending of light is called...

When light bounces off light, this is called...

An opaque object taking in light is called...

What happens when light hits a mirror?

Light is a form of energy that creates...

Light travels in a _________ line.

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

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Light - Reflection and Refraction

50 questions

The following diagram shows a driver who could see the image of a vehicle behind him without turning his back.Why?

Diagram shows a phenomenon occurs when the spotlight is directed onto a mirror surface. What is the principle of light shown in the situation?

What causes the formation of a rainbow?

The bending of light is called...

When light bounces off light, this is called...

An opaque object taking in light is called...

What happens when light hits a mirror?

Light is a form of energy that creates...

Light travels in a _________ line.

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

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The following diagram shows a driver who could see the image of a vehicle behind him without turning his back.
Why?