Reflection and refraction

• Reflection
• Refraction

• Smooth

• Rough

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

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.

The bouncing of light off an object

• basketball

• refraction

• reflection

• echo

The pictures shows what a student observed when he looked through a hand lens at a penny.
What happens to light passing through a hand lens that makes the image of the penny appear larger? The light is-

• absorbed
• reflected
• refracted
• stopped

What is the light in the middle doing?

• Reflecting

• Refracting

• Absorption

Observe the image. After reflecting off of the mirror, which object will the light

coming from the laser most likely strike next?

• marble

• apple

• laser

• rock

Why does the straw appear to be bent?

• light is reflected

• light is absorbed

• light is turned

• light is refracted