Reflection or Refraction Quiz

the bending of light

• refraction

• reflection

• absorption

• transparent

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the bouncing of light

• refraction
• reflection
• absorption
• shadow

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Which word best describes how light reacts when passing from air through water?

• refraction

• reflection

• reconstroction

• retraction

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Light bouncing off a mirror is an example of...

• Refraction
• Reflection

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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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Refraction is the bending of a wave disturbance as it passes from one _________ into another.

• glass
• medium
• area
• boundary

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When light hits an area and bounces back it is called:

• echo

• refraction

• reflection

• absorbing

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How does light travel?

• in a wavy path
• in a straight path
• in a zig zag path

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• Reflection
• Refraction

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lenses

• reflect
• refract
• absorb

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