Properties of Light

How does light travel?

• In straight lines

• In rays

• In waves

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What determines if light will be reflected, refracted, or absorbed by an object?

• How strong the light source is

• What the object is made of

• How big the object is

• How smooth the object is

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Light energy can be transformed into . . .

• reflection

• sound

• heat
• matter

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.

Can travel through matter (gas, liquid, solid) and empty space. 

• sound
• light

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A leaf is green because

• All colors are reflected except green

• The light is not part of the EM

• All colors are absorbed except green

• The sun light shining on the leaf is green

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What colors are being absorbed?

• red, orange, yellow

• green, blue, indigo, violet

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Waves change speed as they enter mediums of different densities.

In which of these situations would light slow down?

• From Glass to Air

• From Ice to Water

• From Plastic to Air

• From vacuum (space) to air

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Match how LIGHT travels through various types of mediums (states of matter) .

• Travels the SLOWEST

• gas

• Travels the FASTEST

• liquid

• Travels at a better speed. (2nd fastest)

• vacuum (space)

• Travels at a good speed. (Little faster)

• solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Match the following

• Reflection

• 
• Reflection

  (Using Water)

• 
• Absorption

• 
• Refraction

• 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-4