How Light Travels & Reacts

Light travels in a ____ line away from the light source.

• zigzag

• straight

• crooked

• funky

Light travels very_____ around 186,000 miles per second.

• slowly

• fast

• sporadically

• granny-fied

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When light is _____, the light wave is bent.

• compacted

• reflected

• refracted

• absorbed

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The color we see on an item is determined not by the colors ______,

but the color ____.

• absorbed, reflected

• absorbed,

  reflected

• reflected,

  absorbed

• refracted

  absorbed

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When light bounces back from a surface.

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• draining

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When light is bent, light passes from one type of transparent material to another, and changes direction.

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• smearing

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When light does not pass through an object, but remains in the material as another form of energy.

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• stubborn

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When light travels through a magnifying glass or when a straw appears distorted.

• reflected

• refracted

• absorption

• broken

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This allows objects to be seen that do not produce their own light.

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

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Why does an apple look red?

• refraction of the color red

• reflection of the color red

• absorption of all colors but red

• It's blushing.