Light and Its Properties Quiz

Light is unable to pass through what kind of objects?

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

• Reflective

In addition to helping us see, light is also a source of what?

• Energy

• Water

• Sound

• Heat

The bending of light is called what?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffusion

• Absorption

According to the text, what is one thing we must have for life to exist?

• Water

• Light

• Air

• Food

Light is made up of what?

• Atoms

• Molecules

• Photons

• Electrons

What does the word bioluminescent have to do with light?

• Plants that absorb light

• Animals that give light

• Rocks that reflect light

• Water that refracts light

What is the only way we are able to see objects?

• They reflect sound

• They emit heat

• They reflect light

• They absorb water

Objects that do not produce light are called what?

• Luminous

• Transparent

• Non-luminous

• Reflective

Light is created when what type of atoms fuse together in the sun’s core?

• Oxygen

• Carbon

• Hydrogen

• Nitrogen

Things, like the sun, that give us light are called what?

• Non-luminous

• Luminous

• Reflective

• Transparent