Light Energy

Light travels in a

• curvy line

• zig zag line

• straight line

• downward motion

Which of these best demonstrates the reflection of light?

• Looking through the glass of a large window

• Looking at a lightbulb that is glowing

• Looking at an image formed on a silver spoon

• Looking at a star on a clear night

 

When light travels through air into a prism, it bends and separates into many colors. Which term describes how the light bends?

• The light is absorbed by the prism.

• The light is reflected by the prism.

• The light is transformed by the prism.

• The light is refracted by the prism.

Which of these best demonstrates the refraction of light?

• Looking through a telescope at night.

• Looking in the mirror.

• Seeing yourself on your phone screen.

• Watching a laser bounce off of a smooth surface.

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed
• stopped
• reflected
• refracted

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

_______ is the bouncing back of light when it strikes an object.

• mirror

• rotation

• refraction

• reflection

Which lens represents the path light takes through a concave lens?

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Why does the pencil look broken?

• Light is refracting
• Light is reflecting
• Light is absorbing
• Light is Scattering

What does it mean to refract?

• bounce off
• to bend
• curve outward
• reflect