3rd Grade Bouncing Light

Light that bounces back has been ____________

• Transferred

• Reflected

• Absorbed

• Rejected

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Which explains why the fork looks different under water?

• Light can't pass through the glass

• Light is refracted at an angle

• The wavelength of light legnthens

• The amount of light increases when going through water

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Which term means to bounce off the surface of something?

• Reflect

• Absorb

• Retract

• Rebound

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How does a beam of light travel after it has been reflected off a mirror?

• In a straight line
• In a wave

• In many different directions
• It stops traveling

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Which of the following best describes what happens to light when it hits the surface of a pool?

• It slows and bends at the point where it passes from air to water.
• It slows down and changes direction, bouncing off the surface of the water.
• It speeds up and moves in a straight line as it passes into water.
• None of the other answer choices

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You shine a flashlight on an object, and light reflected, or bounced back. What kind of object could this be? What is the best description of how light moves?

• As a straight beam
• In multiple steps
• Slowly in one direction
• As a vibration through materials

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How do white light waves act when they enter a prism?

• They bend or refract.
• They are reflected.
• They become raindrops.
• They are absorbed.

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Refraction occurs when a light wave _____

• bends as it moves from one medium to another.
• bounces back off an object or a surface.
• is talen in by an object.
• changes into heat.

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Light energy that bends when it passes through a medium.

• Light Refraction

• Light Reflection

• Light Absorption

• Light Bulb

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Light is ______ off shiny surfaces.

• Refracted

• Reflected

• Absorbed

• light bulb

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