Light Refraction and Its Effects

Light Refraction and Its Effects

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Olivia Brooks

FREE Resource

The video tutorial explains the properties of light, focusing on refraction. It describes how light travels slower in water than in air, causing it to bend. This bending effect is demonstrated with a pencil appearing broken when viewed through a beaker of water. The video concludes with a reminder to subscribe.

Read more

5 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used to describe the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

Absorption

Reflection

Diffusion

Refraction

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does light travel slower in water compared to air?

Water is less dense than air

Water is more transparent

Water is denser than air

Water has a higher temperature

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to light when it moves from air into water?

It disappears

It remains unchanged

It bends

It speeds up

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When viewed through a beaker of water, why does a pencil appear broken?

The pencil is actually broken

The water absorbs the light

The pencil is moving

The light rays are refracted in different directions

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What causes the pencil to appear bent when submerged in water?

Diffusion of light

Absorption of light

Reflection of light

Refraction of light