Bell Work-5th grade

Draw what a reflection

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

• refraction

• reflection

• reconstroction

• retraction

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

• Refraction
• Reflection

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

lenses

• reflect
• refract
• absorb

the bending of light

• refraction

• reflection

• absorption

• transparent

A _______ breaks white light into colors.

• prism
• visible spectrum
• shadow
• lens

Students often use a hand lens to make small objects appear larger. A hand lens makes objects appear larger because the lens-

• increases the light’s strength

• changes the color of the light

• bends light passing through it

• converts light energy to heat

What happens to light in a prism

• The light is refracted.

• The light is reflected

• The light is absorbed

• The light does not change at all.

We are able to see a mirrored image of the mountains on the water through...

• refraction

• reflection