LIGHT 4

Another name for light bending is ....

• Reflaction
• Absorbing
• Refraction
• mirror

Opaque means...

• No light passes through it
• All light passes through it
• Some light passes through it

The color you see is the color that is ___.

• reflected
• absorbed

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

When a rainbow is formed outside naturally, what causes the light to refract?

• A. Small raindrops
• B. Sunlight rays
• C. Tiny mirrors
• D. Glass prisms

What is a prism?

• a transparent object that separates white light

• a translucent object

• an opaque object that appears black

• a fancy glass science toy

Refraction may cause your object in the water to look

• darker

• smooth

• lighter

• bent or broken

Which is transparent?

• a purple balloon

• a wooden fence

• clean water

• aluminum foil

Which vocabulary word describes an object that you

can see SOME light through - but the image will be blurry?

• prism

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

What happens when an opaque object blocks the light?

• nothing - you can still see all of the light

• a shadow is made

• the white light is broken into a rainbow

• reflection