Light Formative

A material that absorbs or reflects the light that strikes it is ____________.

• transparent
• translucent
• opaque

Light bending when goes through different mediums is called ________.

• reflection
• absorbtion
• refraction
• mirage

How does light travel

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

A girl in her bedroom saw her sister break her mother's lamp in the living room.  Explain how this could be possible.

• The girl can see through the wall.
• The girl can see her sister, because light can bend.
• The girl can see her sister because of a reflective surface in the kitchen.
• Since there is light in the living room and bedroom, she is able to see.

When light hits something like a raindrop or a prism, it will...

• Be absorbed
• Refract, or bend
• Neither 

This diagram best represents

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• dispersion

Which statement explains why the fork looks different underwater?

• light can't pass through the glass

• the wavelength of light lengthens

• the number of light increases when going through water

• light is refracted at an angle

The color with the longest wavelength is...

• Blue

• Red

• Green

• Yellow

A shadow is created by the....

• absence of light.

• absence of waves.

• absence of color.

• blocking of sound.

If you see a green leaf on a tree, that means...

• Green is the color being reflected off the leaf.

• Green is the color being absorbed by the leaf.

• All the colors are being reflected off the leaf.

• All the colors are being absorbed by the leaf.