Bill Nye Light Optics

Name:

1. _____________________ is light bouncing off a mirror or water.

• reflection
• refraction
• direction

2._________________ is light bending through curved glass.

• reflection
• refraction
• direction

3. Light can bounce off, bend, and be ______________________.

• focal
• infrared
• absorbed

4. Light travels in WAVES/ STRAIGHT LINES.

• WAVES
• STRAIGHT LINES

5. Light changes _____________ when the waves slow down.

• internal
• direction
• absorbed

6. The kind of light a remote control uses is called____________________________.

• direction
• surgery
• infrared

7. A ________________ beam can also be reflected.

• bend
• focal
• laser

8. Concave lenses make things look LARGER/ SMALLER.

• LARGER
• SMALLER

9. You appear upside down in a spoon because the light waves bounce then __________________.

• cross
• laser
• focal