Reflection & Refraction

When light hits a smooth, ______ surface it will change direction and create a reflection. 

• dull

• shiny 

• rough

_____ means bounce off a surface. 

• Absorb

• Refract

• Reflect

Light reflects...

• at the same angle it hits a surface

• at a bigger angle than it hits a surface

• at a smaller angle than it hits a surface

The boat absorbs almost all of the colors of light except for the color _____. That color is reflected back to your eyes. 

• blue

• purple

• red

When light bends as it passes from one substance into another, it is called _________. 

• refraction

• absorption 

• reflection

________ light changes direction when it bounces off a shiny, smooth surface like water, a mirror, or even metal. 

• Absorbed 

• Reflected

• Refracted

Refracted light makes objects look ______. 

• straight 

• bent

• exactly the same

When light is taken in by an object we say it is ________.  

• reflected

• absorbed 

• refracted

The bird's legs look bent in the water due to the _______ of light. 

• absorption 

• reflection 

• refraction 

Light travels in a (a)   line until it hits something.

• stright
• curved
• zigzag
• spiral