Reflection and Refraction

A rainbow forms when white light separates into different colors during?

• Absorption
• Scattering
• Refraction
• Transmission

The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another is called?

• Convex Lens
• Refraction
• Concave Lens

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

• always travels in a straight line
• bends when it passes through water
• makes the water in the glass evaporate
• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

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

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.
• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.
• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.
• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.

Light bending as it passes through a rain drop is an example of...

• Refraction
• Reflection

MCQ 02
Why can you see most objects?

• A. they emit light
• B. light refracts through them
• C. light reflects off them
• D. they absorb light

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MCQ 03
Objects that allow only some light to pass through them are considered __________.

• A. transparent
• B. translucent
• C. opaque
• D. solid

MCQ 015
Which of the following is not a source of light? 

• A. candle
• B. caver’s lamp
• C. mirror
• D. sun

MCQ 016
If his lamp stopped working, what would the caver be able to see? 

• A. the tunnel to the cave
• B. a mirror
• C. nothing
• D. the walls of the cave

Which images are opaque?

• A & C
• A,C,E, & F
• D, E, & F
• A & E

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