Absorb, Reflect, and Transmit Light Sources

In order to see an object, light must be

• transmitted into your skin

• reflected off the object and into your eyes

• reflected off the object then off the ground then into your eyes

• absorbed by your genetic material

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Does the frog reflect or absorb green?

• Reflect

• Absorb

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Your friends say that they saw a special nail polish that changes color when it is out in the sun. Can light from the sun cause the nail polish to change color?

• No. Light is not a physical thing, so it cannot change physical things like nail polish.

• Yes. Light from the sun can pull energy out of the nail polish, causing it to change color.

• Yes. The nail polish can take in energy from the light, causing it to change color.

• No. Light can only change things by warming them up, so it cannot cause the nail polish to change color.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Choose the 3 true statements.

Transparent objects...

• transmit a lot of light

• absorb a lot of light

• do not reflect much light

• do not absorb much light

• reflect a lot of light

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which colours of light are ABSORBED by this green cellophane?

• green

• white

• blue

• black

• red

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Which shows the correct labels?

• A = object B = image C = light source D = screen

• A = light source B = object C = image D = screen

• A = light source, B = image C = object D = screen

• A = light source B = object C = screen D = image

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Light ...

• can only be reflected

• only comes in one form

• carries energy from one place to another, even through empty space

• is a type of wave that carries energy from one place to another, even through empty space

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In order for light to change an object, that object must _______ the light and its __________.

• reflect, wavelength

• transmit, amplitude

• reflect, energy

• absorb, energy

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When a material absorbs energy from light the energy causes the material...

• to stay the same

• to transmit the light

• to reflect the light

• to change

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Different types of light can change a material ...

• in different ways

• in the same way

• only if it transmits the light

• only if it reflects the light

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