Wave Interactions & Materials

The bouncing back of light waves off of a surface is...

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Light

• Lens

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Light travels...

• around corners

• in a straight line

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Light bends when it is

• refracted

• reflected

• absorbed

Light that is bent is refracted.

• true

• false

Light that is bounced back is reflected.

• true

• false

prism

• reflection
• refraction
• absorption

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is special about light waves?

• They require matter.
• They can travel through space.
• They need a medium.
• They are slower than sound. 

The taking in of light energy by an object

• compression
• reflection
• refraction
• absorption

This term describes objects that transmit no light.

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

• Diffusion

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This term describes objects that transmit some light.

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

• Diffusion

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2