Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption

What can you use to see all the different colors in white light?

• A flashlight

• A shadow

• A camera

• A prism

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What color is an object that absorbs all the colors in the light spectrum?

• A rainbow

• White

• Black

• Invisible

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A leaf is green. What does this tell you about the light that is being absorbed?

• The light is a UV ray.

• The light is not a part of the light spectrum.

• All colors are reflected except green.

• All colors are absorbed except green

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What happens when light hits a shiny or smooth surface?

• It disappears.

• It is refracted.

• It is absorbed.

• It is reflected.

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What might explain why light travels in a straight line?

• If there is nothing to interfere with light waves, they should travel in a straight line.

• Light waves will always travel in a straight line, even if they come into contact with another object.

• Light waves don't travel in a straight line.

• Light waves travel in a straight line because sound waves travel in a straight line.

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What is it called when light bends as it moves from one substance to another?

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Incidence

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When you look into a mirror, what is happening to the light?

• It is increasing in wavelengths.

• It is being refracted.

• It is being absorbed.

• It is being reflected.

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Light travels through air, water, glass and many other materials. What path does it travel to get from one place to another?

• sideways

• back and forth

• straight

• up and down

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When light goes from one material(medium) to another it becomes bent, what term means bent?

• reflected

• refracted

• absorbed

• turned

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What do we call a material that light can travel through?

• air

• water

• medium

• pathway

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