Refraction and Reflection Quiz

What is the law of reflection?

• The angle of the reflected ray is equal to the angle of the incident ray

• The angle of the reflected ray is half the angle of the incident ray

• The angle of the reflected ray is unrelated to the angle of the incident ray

• The angle of the reflected ray is double the angle of the incident ray

What is the term for the reflection of light off a smooth surface?

• Diffuse reflection

• Total internal reflection

• Refraction

• Specular reflection

What happens when light travels from air to glass?

• It slows down and bends towards the normal

• It speeds up and bends away from the normal

• It speeds up and bends towards the normal

• It slows down and bends away from the normal

What is the phenomenon called when no light is able to travel out of a medium and it is reflected back?

• Total internal reflection

• Refraction

• Diffuse reflection

• Specular reflection

What is the name of the scientist who first understood the rainbow and the spectrum of colors in white light?

• Isaac Newton

• Nikola Tesla

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

What is the phenomenon called when a pencil appears to bend at the water's surface?

• Diffuse reflection

• Refraction

• Total internal reflection

• Specular reflection

What is the name of the law that predicts the angle of refraction as light travels from one medium to another?

• Newton's Law

• Galileo's Law

• Snell's Law

• Einstein's Law

What is the term for the bending of light when it travels from one medium to another?

• Dispersion

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Reflection