Bill Nye Optics

We see objects because light is reflected off of them.

• True

• False

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When light bounces straight off a surface, we say that it is refracted.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about light?

• Light can be absorbed.

• Light can be abstracted.

• Light can be bent.

• Light can be reflected.

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Which of the following REFRACT light?

• eye glasses

• microscopes

• telescopes

• all of the above

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Convex lenses make things look smaller and farther away.

• True

• False

Concave lenses make things look

• bigger

• smaller

• blurrier

• closer

Light changes _____________ as it moves from air to water.

• its mind

• direction

• color

• focus

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Your eyes are ____________ lenses.

• convex

• concave

• contact

• all of the above

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