How Light Travels

A material through which light does not pass

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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A material that allows almost all of the light striking it to pass through, and through which objects can be seen clearly

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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Light travels faster in water than in air

• False

• True

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Light passes through glass windows because of ______________.

• Absorption

• Transfusion

• Transmission

• Reflection

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Which explains why the fork looks different under water?

• light can't pass through the glass
• the wavelength of light lengthens
• the amount of light increases when going through water
• light is refracted at an angle

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Smooth surfaces _______ a lot of light.

• reflect
• bend
• absorb
• twist

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Another name for light bending is ....

• Reflaction
• Absorbing
• Refraction
• mirror

The color you see is the color that is ___.

• reflected
• absorbed

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___________ is a from of energy that we can see with our eyes.

• shadow
• light
• energy
• reflection 

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Which term means to bounce off the surface of something?

• Refract
• Absorb
• Reflect
• prism

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