Light Vocabulary

What does it mean if an object is transparent?

• Light cannot pass through the object.
• Light is refracted by the object.
• Light passes through the object.
• Light is absorbed by the object.

The picture shows light being ________________.

• Refracted
• Absorbed
• Split
• Reflected

When you see a rainbow, light is _________________ and ___________________.

• Refracted and Reflected
• Refracted and Absorbed
• Reflected and Absorbed
• Reflected, Absorbed, and Refracted.

Explain what is happening in the picture.

• Light is reflected.
• Light is absorbed.
• Light is diffused.
• Light is refracted.

Alice was going to summer camp.  She packed a black shirt. The black shirt will keep Alice ____________ because light is ________________.

• cooler; reflected
• cooler; absorbed
• warmer; reflected
• warmer; absorbed

_________________ is the change in direction of light waves as the waves pass from the air into water.  The light appears to bend.

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Defraction
• Mirror Image

What is a prism?

• A transparent object that reflects light.
• A transparent object that refracts light.
• A translucent object that refracts light.
• A translucent object that reflects light.

Shadows are formed when light is _____________ by an object that is ____________.

• blocked; transparent

• blocked; opaque

• refracted; transparent

• reflected; translucent

Why is a blueberry blue?

• The blue light is absorbed by the blueberry.
• The blueberry absorbs all of the light waves.  No light is reflected.
• The blueberry absorbs all the light waves but the blue light.  The blue light is reflected.
• The blueberry is opaque and does not allow for light absorption.

Why does a white shirt appear without any color?

• White light is absorbed.
• White is not considered a color.
• The shirt is opaque and light cannot pass through the fabric.
• All colors of the light spectrum is reflected.  We see this reflection as white.