Assessment

Name

1. If most light goes through an object, the object is called ______________.

• transparent
• opaque
• magnetic
• translucent

2. If some light goes through an object, the object is ___________.

• magnetic
• translucent
• transparent
• opaque

3. If no light goes through an object, the object is _______________.

• transparent
• magnetic
• opaque
• translucent

4. Objects that do not allow light to pass through cause ______________.

5. The bending of light waves as they pass from one substance to another is called __________________.

• photons
• electromagnetism
• refraction
• translucence

6. __________ light is a mixture of all the colors of the rainbow.

• Colorful
• Black
• Dim
• White

7. The color of an object is the color it ___________.

• refracts
• absorbs
• reflects
• becomes

8. When light is absorbed, it is turned into __________ energy.

• kinetic
• potential
• chemical
• heat

9. We don't actually see things, we see light bouncing off.

• True
• False