Light

Light is a KIND of ENERGY.

• True
• False

What happens when light hits an object?

• Some of the light jumps in different directions
  (bounces)
• Some of the light gets absorbed by the object.
• Some of the light bounces back to your eye
• ALL of them.

Through which objects does light pass MORE?

• Transparent objects, like glass windows
• Opaque objects (not transparent), like a plant

___________ is when light BENDS or CHANGES direction.

• Reflection
• Refraction

When we look into a glass mirror, light...

• Bends as it passes through
• Bounces back in a random order
• Hits the mirror and is absorbed
• Bounces back at the same angle it strikes the mirror at

When we looked at our pencil in a beaker of water it looked bent, why?

• The light bends the pencil
• Light reflects off of the water
• Light changes direction in the water

A shiny piece of metal will __________ light.

• reflect 
• refract

Which explains why the fork looks different under water?

• light can't pass through the glass
• the wavelength of light lengthens
• the amount of light increases when going through water
• light is refracted at an angle

How does light travel

• It curves around corners
• Really slow
• In a straight line
• In circles

Which color reflects the least light?

• Black
• White 
• Blue
• Red