Properties of Light Practice Questions

What happens when light hits an object you can see?

• The light turns corners.
• The light curves around the object.
• The object reflects the light.
• The light and the object do not form a shadow.

Through what kind of matter does light move fastest?

• liquids
• air
• matter that is lighter in color
• matter that is in larger objects 

What is a property of a transparent object?

• Almost all of the light rays that reach it are scattered.
• Almost all of the light rays that reach it are absorbed.
• Almost all of the light rays that reach it are reflected.
• Almost all of the light rays that reach it pass through it.

Which is translucent?

• tissue paper
• air
• wood
• clear plastic

Which is transparent?

• a wooden fence
• clean water
• aluminum foil
• a purple balloon

What is most likely to happen to light that hits an opaque object?

• All of the light passes through the object.
• None of the light passes through the object.
• Most of the light disappears.
• Some of the light passes through the object.

If you wanted a gift to be a surprise, what kind of container would you put it in?

• transparent
• thick
• opaque
• translucent

The moon is a source of light.

• True
• False

What does it mean to refract?

• bounce off
• to bend
• curve outward
• reflect

What happens when light hits a mirror?

• it makes a color
• it reflects
• it makes a rainbow
• it passes through