Light Quiz

What does reflect mean?

• Bouncing Light

• Bending Light

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What do you see when you look at a smooth shiny surface , like a mirror?

• Your reflection bending off of the glass.

• Your reflection bouncing off of the glass

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Why does the straw appear to be bent?

• light is reflected

• light is absorbed

• light is turned

• light is refracted

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The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed
• stopped
• reflected
• refracted

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Refraction is when light...

• Bounces

• Transmits

• Bends

• Absorbs

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What is happening in this picture?

• Reflection

• Refraction

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A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line
• bends when it passes through water
• makes the water in the glass evaporate
• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

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What causes the formation of a rainbow?

• Light travels in a straight line

• Reflection of light

• Refraction of light

• Light in bounced in two different mediums

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When light is taken in by something, the light is ____________.

• Absorbed

• Reflected

• Refracted

• Diluted

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When light bounces off of an object that it strikes, it is called ____________.

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Refraction

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