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Bouncing and Bending Beams of Light

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Question 1

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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

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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

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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.