Physics Optics

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line

• bends when it passes through water

• makes the water in the glass evaporate

• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

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• Reflection
• Refraction

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Which figure represents the path light takes through a converging lens?

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Which optical device bends light inward?

• convex lens

• concave lens

• plane mirror

• convex mirror

Light bending as it passes through a raindrop is an example of (a)  

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

Choose the word that completes the sentence:

As the light changes direction in the soapy layer, it (a)   ,splitting into multiple different wavelengths.

• Diffracts

• Refracts

• Disperses

• Reflects

• Interferes

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Choose the word that completes the sentence:

As the light changes direction in the soapy layer, it (a)   ,splitting into multiple different wavelengths.

• Diffracts

• Refracts

• Disperses

• Reflects

• Interferes

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A lens that is thicker in the middle than on the outside is called ___.

• diverging

• concave

• convex

• achromatic

Model used to explain the characteristics and behavior of light energy. it describes light as energy in the form of waves. the different colors of light have different wavelengths. waves with shorter wavelengths have higher energy than those with longer wavelengths

• Kepler's Model

• Einstein's Theory of Relativity

• Hawking's Wormhole Theory

• Wave Model of light

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Which lens represents the path light takes through a diverging lens?

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