Reading 6.1 – Polishing Objects

When something is magnified, it appears ______________ than your eye sees it by just looking at it.

• larger

• smaller

When wood is magnified many times, it looks like tiny tubes. Sometimes the surface of __________ is shiny.

• wood

• cement

Scattering is what occurs when light bounces off of surfaces that are not smooth. Many objects that ______________ light feel smooth when you touch them.

• scatter

• reflect

• refract

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If you could take an object that scatters light, like a piece of wood, and smooth out all the bumps and ridges, then the object would reflect more _________ and scatter less light.

• sound

• light

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Reflection is what happens when light bounces off of a surface that is very smooth. A ____________ has a very smooth surface.

• mirror

• piece of wood

• tape

• ruler

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Light travels in straight lines.

• true

• false

Light continues traveling until it reaches an object.

• true

• false

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When light bounces evenly off a very smooth surface, like a mirror, it is called _____________________.

• reflection

• review

• mushroom

• cream

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When light bounces off a rough surface, like paper, it is called_____________.

• scattering

• standing

• sanding

• refraction

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The way light is scattered or reflected from objects affect whether an image can be seen or not in the object.

• true

• false

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