SAVVAS 5.8C Light Energy

How does light travel?

• Light travels in curvy m=waves.

• Light travels in a straight line until it hits a different material.

• Light travels in a straight line until if needs to go around something.

• Light travels through all mediums.

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Which of these best describes

why you can see a reflection in a mirror?

• Light moves through the mirror

  and into your eyes.

• Light bounces off the mirror and into

  your eyes.

• Light is produced by the mirror,

  which directs light toward your eyes.

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What is refraction? ​ ​ (a)   of light as it passes through a medium.

• Bouncing
• Bending

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A magnifying lens is curved outward.

Describe what happens to light that strikes the lens

of the magnifying glass. Light is refracted when it

hits the lens, which

means the light is bent.

The light ​ (a)   when it moves from the

lens into the air.

• refracts again
• is absorbed
• is reflected
• travels straight

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What is absorption? continued

Some materials do not reflect or refract light

because they ​ absorb, or ​ (a)   , the light.

A wood desk absorbs light.

• take in
• reflect
• scatter
• transmit

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Match the description of

how light travels with each picture.

a

b

c

Absorbing

Refracting

Reflecting

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How is white light able to separate through a prism?

• the light is being absorbed

• the light is being refracted

• the light is being reflected

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We are able to see a mirrored image of the mountains on the water through...

• refraction

• reflection

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• reflection

• refraction

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How is refraction different from reflection.

• Reflection is the bouncing of light off an object and refraction is the bending of light when it moves through one kind of matter to another.
• Reflections is the bending of light when it moves through one kind of matter to another and refraction is the bouncing of light off an object.