Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
15 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of these provides the best explanation for why the pencil appears broken?
The pencil absorbs the light rays that hit it.
Water reflects light rays away from the pencil.
Light rays are bent by the water in the glass.
The surface of the water reflects the light rays.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Caleb is sitting near the window on a sunny day. When he closes the curtain, the room becomes darker. What property of the curtain allows it to make the room darker?
The curtain absorbs light.
The curtain is brightly colored.
The curtain folds easily.
The curtain is rectangular shape.
- 3. Multiple Choice
At what point is the laser being reflected?
A
B
C
D
- 4. Multiple Choice
Light travels in straight lines until reflected by another object. Which illustration best shows the light being reflected?
- 5. Multiple Choice
Light rays from any light source travel outward in all directions along a straight path until they hit something. which of the following best represents what occurs when light rays hit a glass of water?
The light rays will pass straight through from air to water.
The water absorbs the light, and it will no longer be seen.
The light rays will bend at the boundary of air and water.
The surface of the water will reflect the light off the water.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which illustration best shows light being refracted?
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which object refracted the laser beam?
Silver locket
Picture frame
Glass marble
Notebook
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is demonstrated when light bounces off of mirrors or shiny surfaces?
Scattering
Refraction
Absorption
Reflection
- 9. Multiple ChoiceLight behaves like both a particle and a ______.MassWaveCurrent
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat does refraction mean?bending lightbouncing light
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich objects REFLECT more light?Shiny objectsDull objects (not shiny)
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThrough which objects does light pass MORE?Transparent objects, like glass windowsOpaque objects (not transparent), like a plant
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThrough what kind of matter does light move fastest?liquidsairmatter that is lighter in colormatter that is in larger objects
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a property of a transparent object?Almost all of the light rays that reach it are scattered.Almost all of the light rays that reach it are absorbed.Almost all of the light rays that reach it are reflected.Almost all of the light rays that reach it pass through it.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich is translucent?tissue paperairwoodclear plastic
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags