Light Interactions

When you place things into water they sometimes look bent (see the image below). What is this an example of?

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Transmission

• Absorption

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Calvin shines a thin beam of light onto a material, and the light refracts. Which diagram best shows what happens to the light?

• Picture # 1

• Picture # 2

• Picture # 3

• None of the Above

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These waves are experiencing

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Diffusion

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The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed

• stopped

• reflected

• refracted

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This is an example of light been -

• Absorbed

• Transmitted

• Reflected

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A mirror can ​ (a)   light, but not ​ (b)   it. A black hoodie will ​ (c)   a lot of the light that hits it.

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

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This is an example of light been -

• Absorbed

• Transmitted

• Reflected

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This is an example of light been -

• Absorbed

• Transmitted

• Reflected

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Light waves bouncing off a surface is known as?

• Transmission

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

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This is the term that describes when light passes through matter.

• Transmission

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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