Reflection and Refraction

What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?

• Compressions and rarefactions
• Crests and troughs
• Compressions and crests
• Rarefactions and troughs

The most dense part of a longitudinal wave.

• Density
• Compression
• Rarefaction
• Amplitude

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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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The ray of light that strikes a reflecting surface is called ________.

• incident ray
• reflected ray
• normal ray
• none of the above

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The angle produced as a source of light bounces off a reflecting surface is called ______.

• angle of crookedness
• angle of reflection
• angle of incidence
• angle of bounce

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Why can you see most objects?

• A. they emit light

• B. light refracts through them

• C. light reflects off them

• D. they absorb light

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Swimming pools and the ocean look shallower than they really are due to:

• reflection 
• dispersion
• refraction
• total internal reflection

What is this called?

• refraction
• reflection
• reconstroction
• retraction

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According to the Law of reflection, a light ray striking a mirror

• continues moving through the mirror in the same direction
• moves into the mirror at a slightly different angle
• bounces off the mirror toward the direction it came from
• bounces off the mirror at the same angle it hits.

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