Light Interactions

In what context would would light travel even faster than through air?

• Through vacuum/empty space

• Through glass

• Through water

• Through a solid

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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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The change in ________ of light causes it to bend

• speed

• distance

• length

• color

In a vacuum/empty space, the speed of light...

• can vary

• is always 300,000 km/s

• is slower than the speed of light through a medium

• is slow

This happens to colors you don't see

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• transmission

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you see light on the other side of a paper

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• transmission

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you see through glass

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• transmission

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you see light on your desk that came from the window

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• transmission

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you look in a mirror

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• transmission

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a pencil in water appears broken

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• transmission

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