Light, Reflection and Refraction

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

• echo

• refraction

• reflection

• absorbing

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When light hits a barrier that is solid/opaque what is usually created?

• a hot object

• a shadow

• nothing

Which color shirt would you rather wear outside on a sunny 90 degree day?

• black

• white

• gray

• navy blue

When light goes from one material(medium) to another it becomes bent, what term means bent?

• reflected

• refracted

• absorbed

• turned

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Why does the straw appear to be bent?

• light is reflected

• light is absorbed

• light is turned

• light is refracted

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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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The bouncing off of light rays from the surface of an object such as a mirror or other shiny surface is called:

• mirror
• laser
• reflection
• refraction

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• Reflection
• Refraction

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What do we call this tool that separates white light into the colors of the Visible Spectrum?

• tuning fork
• prism
• microscope
• graduated cylinder

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We see the color _______ when a material absorbs all visible light.

• white
• black

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