Reflect Refract

Reflection is when light...

• Bends

• Bounces

• Absorbs

• transmits

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Refraction is when light...

• Bounces

• Transmits

• Bends

• Absorbs

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

___________ travels in a straight line until something changes its path

• Medium

• Refract

• Reflect

• Light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is happening in this picture?

• Reflection

• Refraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is happening in this picture?

• Reflection

• Refraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

An object that allows light to go through ________ light.

• Absorbs

• Transmits

• Reflect

• Refract

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

An object that absorbs light is called a

• Refractor

• Reflector

• Transmitter

• Medium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which of the following best models how light is reflected?

• An arrow hitting a target

• A ball bouncing off a wall

• An apple falling from a tree

• A marble rolling down a ramp

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Students often use a hand lens to make small objects appear larger. A hand lens makes objects appear larger because the lens-

• increases the light’s strength

• changes the color of the light

• bends light passing through it

• converts light energy to heat

Light traveling through the air moves in a straight line. An object viewed through water looks different because light rays that travel through water are –

• bent.

• bounced.

• reflected.

• absorbed.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2