Light Energy

Why does the flashlight only light up the pages being read?

• The light travels in a straight line.

• The other lights are off.

• The flashlight is not strong enough.

• The room is too dark.

What is happening to the light as it travels through the air, into the glass prism, and then back through the air?

• it is bouncing

• it travels in a straight line

• it is bending

• it is being absorbed

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How does the light allow an image of the mountains to appear on the still lake?

• The light bends on the water's surface.

• The light bounces on the water's surface.

• The light travels in a straight line on the water's surface.

• The light is absorbed by the water's surface.

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This window is _______ so the people have privacy, but some light is allowed through.

• opaque

• transparent

• translucent

• broken

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Things that give off light also give off ____.

• heat

• sound

• electricity

• vibrations

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How is light behaving to make the pencil appear to bend and break?

• it is reflecting

• it is being absorbed

• it travels in a straight line

• it is refracting (bending)

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

People can easily see through the window because it is _______.

• a solid

• opaque

• translucent

• transparent

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Only the front of the car is lit up by the headlights because __________.

• Light can bend.

• Light can bounce.

• Light can be absorbed.

• Light travels in a straight line.

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What is evidence that this vase is opaque?

• The shadow shows that some light can pass through it.

• The shadow shows that all light can pass through it.

• The shadow shows no light can pass through it.

• The substance it is made of is see-through.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Why do the lines on the leaf appear to bend?

• Light bounces off the water droplets.

• Light is absorbed into the leaf.

• Light bends as it passes through the droplet.

• Light travels in a straight line until it strikes the leaf.

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