Light Vocab Challenge

What is the process by which light bounces off a surface?

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Diffraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

When light changes direction as it passes from one medium to another, what is this phenomenon called?

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Absorption

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the bending of light waves around obstacles and openings known as?

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Diffraction

Which property of light refers to the orientation of its electric field?

• dispersion

• diffraction

• refraction

• polarization

What occurs when two or more light waves overlap and combine?

• Refraction

• Interference

• Reflection

• Absorption

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What term describes the passage of light through a material without being absorbed?

• reflection

• transmission

• absorption

• refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

When light is taken in by an object and converted into heat or other forms of energy, what is this process called?

• refraction

• reflection

• transmission

• absorption

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What term describes an object that emits its own light?

• luminous

• opaque

• transparent

• reflective

What is the term for the process by which light waves align in a specific orientation?

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Polarization

What is the phenomenon where light waves reinforce or cancel each other out?

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Interference

• Refraction