Ray Model of Light

True or False. Light travels in a straight path.

• True

• False

Objects that allow light to pass through them completely are called __________ materials.

Why can you look through a window and see an object?

• The window absorbs all of the light.

• The window scatters all of the light.

• Light is pass through the window to your eyes.

• Light is reflected off the window.

An object makes a shadow because...

• The object blocks the path of the light but lights up the area around the object.
• The light source stops working here and there.

What types of matter can light travel through?

• Some solids, liquids, gases and all empty space (vacuum)
• All solids, liquids, gases, and empty space (vacuum)
• Some solids, liquids, and gases
• Only empty space (vacuum)

What does light do when it hits an object that it cannot pass through?

• It creates a shadow
• It passes through anyway

What type of beam of light is shown in the picture?

• convergent

• divergent

• parallel

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed
• stopped
• reflected
• refracted

It happens when light rays bounce off a surface.

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Dispersion

What do you call a flat mirror?

• plane mirror

• convex mirror

• concave mirror