Casteel SOL 5.5 and 5.6 Light and Sound

Which of these provides the best explanation for why the pencil appears broken?

• The pencil absorbs the light rays that hit it.

• Water reflects light rays away from the pencil.

• Light rays are bent by the water in the glass.

• The surface of the water reflects the light rays.

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How does the light travels?

• in parallel

• in a straight line

• on its own orbit

• on its own path

_______ is when light hits and object and it BOUNCES off.

• Reflection
• Refraction

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What happens to light after it hits a mirror?

• It goes through the mirror and bend.
• It goes straight through the mirror.
• It goes around the mirror.
• It bounces off the mirror.

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Refraction occurs due to _____________

• the change in the wave's speed when it enters a new medium

• the wave bouncing off a boundary

• the change in the wave's frequency when it enters a new medium

• the wave bending around a barrier

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When a rainbow is formed outside naturally, what causes the light to refract?

• A. Small raindrops

• B. Sunlight rays

• C. Tiny mirrors

• D. Glass prisms

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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

Smooth surfaces _______ a lot of light.

• reflect
• bend
• absorb
• twist

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Allows all light to pass through

• eflection
• Refraction
• Translucent
• Transparent

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If light strikes a mirror at a 50⁰ angle, what angle will it come off of the mirror?

• 50⁰
• 70⁰
• 45⁰
• 30⁰

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