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Bouncing and Bending Beams of Light
By Laura Rideout
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Question 1
1.
Reflected light bounces back ____
in many directions
at the same angle in which it hts an object
in a curved line
in circles
Question 2
2.
Why is your image not reversed when you look into the corner formed by two mirrors?
Images in mirrors are never reversed.
Light bounces back from a corner in many directions.
Your image is reversed twice, so it looks normal.
You can only see one mirror at a time.
Question 3
3.
What is the word scientists use for the bending of light?
refraction
reflection
direction
convection
Question 4
4.
Refraction makes a ruler in a cup of water look broken because_____
water breaks plastic
the ruler is relected at an angle
light rays bend when they move from water to air or air to water
the reflection of the ruler is broken into all the colors of the rainbow
Question 5
5.
Which of these statements is true about light traveling from one substance to another?
It does not bend.
It bends.
It scatters everywhere.
Light cannot travel from one substance to another.
Question 6
6.
In what way are reflection and refraction similar?
They both deal with sound waves.
They are both names for ways light bends.
They both happen when you look in a mirror.
They both deal with light rays.
