Light Energy Review

Marissa uses a mirror to help her get ready for school in the morning. How can her image be seen on this shiny surface?

• It is reflected.

• It is refracted.

• It is absorbed.

• It is stopped.

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Jonah turns on a flashlight and light comes out. How will the light move when it comes out of the flashlight?

• In a zigzag

• Back and forth

• In a circle

• In a straight line

Tyrell placed a pencil in a glass of water. He noticed that the pencil appeared to be broken. Why does the pencil appear to be broken?

• Light always splits into two paths when it travels.

• Light bends when it passes from air to water.

• Light makes the water in the glass evaporate.

• Light reflects the pencil on the water’s surface.

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Mr. Barron is demonstrating refraction to his students. He shines a flashlight into a fish tank filled with water. Which light beam in the illustration shows how the light from the flashlight would be refracted?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The picture shows what was observed when Nathan looked through a hand lens at an insect. What happens to light passing through a hand lens that makes the insect appear larger?

• Light is being absorbed

• Light is being reflected

• Light is being refracted

• Light is being blocked

So long as it does not hit an object, how does light always travel?

• In a circle

• Very slowly

• In a straight line

• Toward the ground

Light from a bulb shines on a bowl of water. The rays of light are shown in the diagram here. Which ray shows light being absorbed?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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This illustration shows a flashlight shining on different objects. Which object absorbed the light?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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This illustration shows a light ray striking an object. What is happening to the ray of light?

• It is being absorbed.

• It is being stopped.

• It is being reflected.

• It is being refracted.

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Holden's teacher asks him to draw a picture on his paper representing the different ways light travels. Which of these drawings would not demonstrate how light travels?

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