Interactions of Light Practice Assessment

Latif wakes up one morning and sees that it is foggy outside. Which term best describes the fog he sees?

• opaque
• reflective
• translucent
• transparent

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Heather puts a straw into a glass of water. She notices that the straw appears to be broken when she looks through the glass and the water from the side. Which term bestexplains why the straw looks like it is broken?

• absorption
• refraction
• scattering
• transmission

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Habib looks around his classroom at different objects. Which object reflects almost all of the light that strikes it?

• a white poster board
• clear window class
• a red book cover
• black construction paper

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Red light waves and yellow light waves travel through air and strike the surface of glass. Only the yellow light waves travel through the glass as shown in the figure below. Which of these phrases best describes what the glass does?

• reflects red light
• absorbs yellow light
• transmits yellow light
• transmits red light

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Sunlight contains all visible wavelengths of light. Each wavelength is a different color. When sunlight passes into and out of a raindrop, the light rays bend. Which color of light bends the most?

• blue
• orange
• green 
• red

Light refracts when traveling from air into glass because light 

• travels at the same speed in air and in glass. 
• frequency is greater in air than in glass. 
• frequency is greater in glass than in air. 
• travels slower in glass than in air.

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In what context would would light travel even faster than through air?

• Through vacuum/empty space

• Through glass

• Through water

• Through a solid

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

• absorbed
• stopped
• reflected
• refracted

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The change in ________ of light causes it to bend

• speed
• distance
• length
• color

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A transparent material that separates white light into its component colors.

• Opaque

• Prism

• Refraction

• Transparent

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