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Absorption Reflection Refraction

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

a)

always travels in a straight line

b)

bends when it passes through water

c)

makes the water in the glass evaporate

d)

reflects the pencil on the water's surface

2.

Light bends as it passes through a lens. This is called what?

a)

Reflection

b)

Diffraction

c)

Refraction

d)

Dilation

3.

The term for any wave that hits a surface and bounces off

a)

Transparent

b)

Translucent

c)

Refraction

d)

Reflection

4.

The pictures shows what a student observed when he looked through a hand lens at a penny.
What happens to light passing through a hand lens that makes the image of the penny appear larger? The light is-

a)

absorbed

b)

reflected

c)

refracted

d)

stopped

5.

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

a)

absorbed

b)

stopped

c)

reflected

d)

refracted

6.

Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?

a)

The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.

b)

The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.

c)

The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.

d)

The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.

7.

How is refraction different from reflection.

a)

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.

b)

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.

8.

Refraction is the bending of a wave disturbance as it passes from one _________ into another.

a)

glass

b)

medium

c)

area

d)

boundary

9.

When light hits an area and bounces back it is called:

a)

echo

b)

refraction

c)

reflection

d)

absorbing

10.

What does it mean to reflect?

a)

bounce off

b)

bend

c)

refract

d)

energy

11.

What does it mean to refract?

a)

bounce off

b)

to bend

c)

curve outward

d)

reflect

12.

Another name for light bending is ....

a)

Reflaction

b)

Absorbing

c)

Refraction

d)

mirror

13.

lenses

a)

reflect

b)

refract

c)

absorb

14.

prism

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

absorption

15.

Absorption Reflection Refraction

a)

A) Absorption is the process of light being taken in by a material, while reflection is the bouncing of light off a surface, and refraction is the bending of light as it passes through different media.

b)

B) Absorption is the bending of light as it passes through different media, while reflection is the bouncing of light off a surface, and refraction is the process of light being taken in by a material.

c)

C) Absorption is the bouncing of light off a surface, while reflection is the bending of light as it passes through different media, and refraction is the process of light being taken in by a material.

d)

D) Absorption, reflection, and refraction all refer to the bending of light as it passes through different media.