Question

1. **what happens when light passes through a cup of water?

a. the light is reflected.
c. the light passes straight through.
b. the light is refracted.
d. the light rebounds.

1. you place a penny in a bowl. you slowly pour water into the bowl. what happens?

a. nothing happens.
c. you can always see the penny.
b. the penny slowly disappears.
d. the penny slowly appears.

1. **when light passes through a prism, what do you see?

a. white light.
c. the colors of the spectrum.
b. black light.
d. a sickly gray.
use the picture below to answer question #15.

1. **this picture represents the ______ of light.

a. reflection
c. refraction
b. spectrum
d. absorption

Explanation:

1. When light passes from one medium (air) to another (water), its speed changes and it bends, which is refraction.
2. As water is poured into the bowl, due to refraction of light rays coming from the penny, the penny appears to rise and becomes visible when it was not before.
3. A prism separates white - light into its component colors, which is the spectrum of light.
4. The picture shows light bouncing off a surface, which is the phenomenon of reflection.

Answer:

1. b. The light is refracted.
2. d. The penny slowly appears.
3. c. The colors of the spectrum.
4. a. reflection