The Behavior of Light

According to Willebord Snell, light passing from air to glass will cause the light to

• maintain its original speed 

• accelerate while it is in glass

• increase its speed

• reduce its speed

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According to the Law of reflection, a light ray striking a mirror

• continues moving through the mirror in the same direction

• moves into the mirror at a slightly different angle

• bounces off the mirror toward the direction it came from

• bounces off the mirror at the same angle it hits.

the bouncing of a wave off a surface

• transmission

• reflection

• diffraction

• absorption

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the change in direction of a wave as it changes speed in moving from one medium to another

• transmission

• reflection

• refraction

• diffraction

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lens that is thicker in the middle than at the edges

• concave lens

• convex lens

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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As light travels through a lens in causes an object to appear larger, this is due to which behavior?

• Transmission

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Refraction

When light passes through a convex lens, it does this.....

• Diverge, or spread apart

• Converge, or come together

• Reflect, or bounce off

• Create a rainbow

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When light waves move from passing through air to passing through a glass lens when happens to them?

• They slow down and change direction

• They speed up and change direction

• They maintain the same speed and change direction

• They maintain their same speed and direction

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In the diagram, which letter represents the angle of incidence?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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