Reflection, Refraction and Absorption of Light

Light travels in a straight line until it hits something

• True

• False

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Light travels more quickly across space than through a medium.

• True

• False

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_______________ is when a light wave hits a surface and bounces off.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

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When light is reflected from a ______ surface, a clear image will form.

• rough

• smooth

• bumpy

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Which pictures represents diffuse reflection?

• Picture a

• Picture b

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In which body of water can you see your reflected image better, a pond or an ocean?

• pond

• ocean

• neither one

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The easiest things for light to move through are the ones that are ________________.

• blurry

• rough

• transparent

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_____ is the bending of light as it enters a new medium and slows down.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

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When a wave enters a new medium AT AN ANGLE the wave:

• ONLY changes direction

• continues in the same direction

• changes direction and speed

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Picture A is an example of a _____ lense which help people to see things that are far away.

• Convex

• Concave

• Conduce

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