Question 1

Which of the following best describes what happens when light bounces off a smooth surface?

Accepted Answer

Reflection

Answer

Absorption

Answer

Refraction

Answer

Diffraction

Question 2

What is the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

Accepted Answer

Refraction

Answer

Reflection

Answer

Diffraction

Answer

Absorption

Question 3

What is the process by which light is taken in by a material and converted into heat?

Accepted Answer

Absorption

Answer

Reflection

Answer

Refraction

Answer

Diffraction

Question 4

What is the bending of light around obstacles and spreading out after passing through a small opening?

Accepted Answer

Diffraction

Answer

Refraction

Answer

Absorption

Answer

Reflection

Question 5

What is the term for light passing through a material without being reflected, absorbed, or scattered?

Accepted Answer

Transmitted

Answer

Diffraction

Answer

Refraction

Answer

Reflection

Question 6

Which term refers to the change in direction of waves as they pass through an opening or around an obstacle?

Accepted Answer

Diffraction

Answer

Refraction

Answer

Absorption

Answer

Reflection

Question 7

What is the term for the change in speed and direction of light as it passes from one medium to another?

Accepted Answer

Refraction

Answer

Diffraction

Answer

Absorption

Answer

Reflection

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of reflected light?

Accepted Answer

Seeing your reflection in a mirror

Answer

Light absorbed by a black shirt

Answer

Light passing through a window

Answer

Light passing through a glass prism

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of refracted light?

Accepted Answer

A pencil appearing bent when placed in a glass of water

Answer

Light bouncing off a shiny surface

Answer

Light passing through a clear glass window

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Light being absorbed by a black object

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of absorbed light?

Accepted Answer

A black shirt heating up in the sun

Answer

Light passing through a glass prism

Answer

Light bending in a glass of water

Answer

Light reflecting off a mirror

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of diffracted light?

Accepted Answer

Seeing colorful bands when light passes through a narrow slit

Answer

Light passing through a clear glass window

Answer

Light reflecting off a shiny surface

Answer

Light being absorbed by a black object

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of transmitted light?

Accepted Answer

Sunlight passing through a window into a room

Answer

Light absorbed by a black shirt

Answer

Light bending in a glass of water

Answer

Light reflecting off a mirror

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of reflected light?

Accepted Answer

Seeing your reflection in a shiny car bumper

Answer

Light absorbed by a black shirt

Answer

Light passing through a glass prism

Answer

Light bending in a glass of water

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