Reflection & Refraction

The bouncing off of light rays from the surface of an object such as a mirror or other shiny surface is called:

• laser

• mirror

• refraction

• reflection

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____________ occurs when light is bent.

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Disappear

• not here

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When light strikes a surface that is dark, the light will

• reappear

• absorb

• bounce off

• strike

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an incoming light will just pass through a glass window as transmission light

• True

• False

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What type of material is a lens?

• translucent

• transparent

• opaque

• rough

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The pictures shows what a student observed when he looked through a hand lens at a penny.

What happens to light passing through a hand lens that makes the image of the penny appear larger? The light is-

• absorbed

• reflected

• refracted

• stopped

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The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.

In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• stopped

• refracted

• absorbed

• reflected

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A student placed a pencil in a cup of water. The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line

• bends when it passes through water

• makes the water in the glass evaporate

• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

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(a)   occurs when light bounces off an object.

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Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.

• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.

• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.

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