What Eyes Can See — Review Questions

What are the three things that can happen when light interacts with a material? Select all that apply.

• Absorption

• Transmission

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Scattering

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What is the only thing that eyes can see?

• Light

• Objects themselves

• Colors without light

• Shapes without light

When light hits a material, what does absorb mean?

• To take in the energy from light

• To let the energy pass through

• To cause the energy to bounce off

• To split the energy into colors

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When light hits a material, what does transmit mean?

• To allow the energy to pass through

• To take in the energy from light

• To cause the energy to bounce off

• To bend the energy

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When light hits a material, what does reflect mean?

• To cause the energy to bounce off

• To allow the energy to pass through

• To take in the energy from light

• To create new energy

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What determines the way you see an object?

• How a material absorbs, transmits, and reflects energy from light

• The object’s size and shape only

• How far the object is from you

• The brightness of your eye

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Why are some apples green and others red?

• They reflect different colors of light (green apples reflect green light; red apples reflect red light)

• They emit their own colored light

• Their temperature changes the color you see

• Your eyes change color when looking at them

What do you see when you look at a black object?

• No visible light reflected from the object

• All colors of visible light reflected

• Only red light reflected

• Light produced by the object

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What do you see when you look at a white object?

• All types of visible light reflected from the object

• No light at all

• Only green light reflected

• Only blue light absorbed

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Clear glass transmits all types of visible light. When you look through a piece of clear glass, why do you see the colors of objects on the other side?

• Because the glass transmits the visible light reflected by the objects so it can reach your eyes

• Because the glass reflects all colors back to your eyes from its own surface

• Because the glass absorbs the light and then emits new colors that you can see

• Because your eyes create the colors even without light from the objects

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