Wave Colors

Contrast refract and reflect.

• Refract means to bend light; reflect means to bounce light.

• Refract means to bounce light; reflect means to bend light.

• Refract means to absorb light; reflect means to emit light.

• Refract means to emit light; reflect means to absorb light.

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What does it mean to absorb?

• To take in or soak up.

• To bounce off a surface.

• To bend around an object.

• To emit or give off.

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What results in the human perception of color according to the text?

• Absorption and reflection of sound waves

• Absorption and reflection of light waves

• Absorption and reflection of water waves

• Absorption and reflection of heat waves

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What do most materials do with light according to the text?

• Absorb all light frequencies

• Reflect all light frequencies

• Absorb light of some frequencies and reflect the rest

• Reflect light of some frequencies and absorb the rest

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What color of light is reflected by a green leaf?

• Red

• Blue

• Green

• Yellow

What happens to the color of light that a material absorbs?

• It is reflected and perceived by the observer.

• It is absorbed and not perceived by the observer.

• It changes to a different color.

• It becomes brighter.

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What happens to the frequency of light that is not absorbed by a material?

• It is absorbed.

• It is reflected.

• It is refracted.

• It is scattered.

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What color does a material appear if it reflects all colors of light?

• Black

• Red

• White

• Blue

What happens to light when it hits a black surface?

• All light is reflected

• All light is absorbed

• Only red light is reflected

• Only blue light is absorbed

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What does the color we see depend on?

• The color of light that is absorbed by the object

• The color of light that is shined on the object

• The color of light that is emitted by the object

• The color of light that is reflected by the object

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