Light

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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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

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Another name for light bending is ....

• Reflaction
• Absorbing
• Refraction
• mirror

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If you are wearing a yellow shirt, what is true of the light that strikes it?

• Yellow is absorbed; everything else is reflected
• Yellow is reflected; everything else is absorbed
• All colors are reflected
• All colors are absorbed

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If you are wearing a black sweatshirt, what happens to most of the light that strikes the sweatshirt 

• It is absorbed
• It is reflected
• It is transmitted

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When a ray of light moves from the air to water it bends due to a change in

• Velocity
• Direction
• Speed

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Reflection is

• Light bending
• Light bouncing

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Refraction is

• light bending 
• light bouncing

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What does it mean to reflect?

• bounce off
• bend
• refract
• energy

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Refraction may cause your image in water to look

• darker
• lighter
• smooth
• bent