Light Waves Reflection and Refraction

Students often use a hand lens to make small objects appear larger. A hand lens makes objects appear larger because the lens-

• increases the light’s strength

• changes the color of the light

• bends light passing through it

• converts light energy to heat

What does it mean to refract?

• bounce off

• to bend

• curve outward

• reflect

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The term for any wave that hits a surface and bounces off

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Refraction

• Reflection

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What do we call a material that light can travel through?

• air

• water

• medium

• pathway

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What does it mean to reflect?

• bounce off

• bend

• refract

• energy

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How does light travel?

• in a wavy path

• in a straight path

• in a zig zag path

Which explains why the fork looks different under water?

• light can't pass through the glass

• the wavelength of light lengthens

• the amount of light increases when going through water

• light is refracted at an angle

Reflection is...

• light bouncing off a surface

• the bending of light

• the absorption of light

• light breaking into colors

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Smooth surfaces _______ a lot of light.

• reflect

• bend

• absorb

• twist

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Why do we see objects as white?

• They absorb all light

• They reflect all light

• They absorb some light and reflect some light

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