Light and Sight

What part of the eye is labeled 1 in the diagram?

• Retina

• Cornea

• Lens

• Iris

What part of the eye is labeled 2 in the diagram?

• Lens

• Retina

• Cornea

• Cones

What part of the eye is labeled 3 in the diagram?

• Cornea

• Retina

• Lens

• Cones

When you see an image of the mountains and the sky in the water, which property of light is being demonstrated?

• reflection

• water colors

• interference

• refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which is an example of refraction?

• a straw that looks straight

• a straw that appears broken

• a straw that appears doubled

• a straw that appears to vanish

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

An object's color is determined by the wavelengths of light that it _______.

• reflects
• diffracts
• absorbs
• refracts

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

For an object to be seen, light must leave _______ and enter _______.

• the object; the eye
• the eye; the object
• the eye; the brain
• the brain; the eye

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

If an object emits or reflects light,

• it can be seen by the eye.
• it has a smooth surface.
• it cannot be a gas.
• it must be the color white.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

If the energy from the light is captured and stored by the surface without being reflected or transmitted, then it has been

• absorbed.
• refracted.
• bent.
• scattered.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

If white light shines on an object and the object appears blue, this means that

• the object reflects blue light more than it does any other color.
• the object absorbs all light that strikes it.
• the object reflects all light that strikes it.
• the object absorbs blue light more than it does any other color.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2