Refraction and Reflection

___________ travels in a straight line until something changes its path

• Medium

• Refract

• Reflect

• Light

What happens when light waves hit a smooth, shiny surface?

• the light scatters in all directions

• the light bounces of in stright angles

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True or Flase: Refraction can cause an object to look bent or broken.

• True

• Flase

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What is this an example of?

• reflection

• refraction

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What is this a picture of?

• reflection

• refraction

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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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True or False: To reflect means for light waves to bounce.

• True

• False

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What does refract mean?

• bouncing light

• bending light

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Light bouncing off a mirror is an example of...

• Refraction

• Reflection

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Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.

• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.

• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.

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