Reflection and Refraction

Reflection is when light...

• Bends

• Bounces

• Absorbs

• transmits

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Refraction is when light...

• Bounces

• Transmits

• Bends

• Absorbs

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What do we call a material that light can travel through?

• air

• water

• medium

• pathway

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Light traveling through the air moves in a straight line. An object viewed through water looks different because light rays that travel through water are –

• bent.

• bounced.

• reflected.

• absorbed.

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What is the angle of reflection equal to?

• The angle of refraction

• The angle of incidence

• The angle of absorption

• The angle of light

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According to the Law of reflection, a light ray striking a mirror

• continues moving through the mirror in the same direction
• moves into the mirror at a slightly different angle
• bounces off the mirror toward the direction it came from
• bounces off the mirror at the same angle it hits.

Glass has a _____________ density than air.

• Equal
• Greater
• Smaller

• Impossible to say

A light ray is incident from water to air. Which of the refracted rays is correct?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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A ray of light travels from air into a glass block.

Which diagram correctly shows the path of the ray through the glass block?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The line 90 degress through the refracting or reflecting surface is called?

• Medium

• Normal

• Incidence

• Reflection

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