Light and Color Quiz

Aiden, Kai, and Abigail are playing with a flashlight in a dark room. Aiden points the flashlight at a mirror and the light bounces back. What is this phenomenon called?

• The bouncing back of light when it strikes the surface of an object and does not pass through it.

• The absorption of light by an object.

• The bending of light as it passes through a medium.

• The emission of light from an object.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Michael, Mason, and Maya are experimenting with a glass slab in their physics class. They observe that when light passes through this transparent glass slab, it is called what?

• transmission

• refraction

• absorption

• reflection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Evelyn, Samuel, and Ava are painting a mural of a rainbow on their school wall. They are discussing the correct order of colors in a rainbow. Can you help them? What are the colors of the rainbow in order?

• red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

• red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, turquoise

• red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, pink

• red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple

Jackson, Zoe, and Abigail are in a science class. Their teacher showed them different materials and asked them to identify which one does not allow light to pass through. What is the term for such materials?

• transparent

• translucent

• luminous

• opaque

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Nora, Mia, and Emma are at a pool. Nora notices something interesting when she dips her straw into her water bottle. What happens to the straw's appearance when light passes from air to water?

• Scattering

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

James, David, and Mason were conducting a science experiment. They shone a flashlight on various objects and observed the results. According to their observations, what is the process by which an object absorbs light?

• absorption

• emission

• transmission

• reflection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Aria, Charlotte, and Arjun are conducting a science experiment. They shine a light through a glass of water and notice that the light path changes direction. What is this phenomenon called where light bends as it passes from one medium to another?

• diffraction

• absorption

• reflection

• refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Priya, David, and Sophia are working on a science project about light. They are discussing the primary colors of light. What did they conclude as the primary colors?

• red, green, and blue

• yellow, blue, and green

• red, yellow, and orange

• purple, orange, and green

Grace, Ava, and Isla are conducting a science experiment. They are trying to find out which materials allow light to pass through completely. What type of material are they looking for?

• opaque

• translucent

• obscure

• transparent

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

During a sunny day at the park, Mason noticed that as the sun got higher in the sky, Ethan's shadow got ______.

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2