Question

1. when a ray of light strikes a surface, it can be or

Explanation:

The text of the question seems to be incomplete (the parts after "it can be" and "or" are garbled). Based on the context of light striking a surface, the common phenomena are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted (or sometimes "refracted" is also a key phenomenon when light moves between media, but the main initial interactions when light hits a surface are reflection, absorption, and transmission).

If we assume the question is asking for the possible fates of a light ray when it strikes a surface, the typical answers are that it can be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted (or "refracted" if considering passage into a new medium with direction change).

Since the original image's text is unclear, but from standard physics (Optics, a subfield of Physics in Natural Science) about light - surface interactions, the three main things a light ray can do when hitting a surface are:

1. Reflected: Bounces off the surface (like a mirror reflects light).
2. Absorbed: The surface takes in the light energy (like a black object absorbs light).
3. Transmitted: Passes through the surface (like light passing through a window glass, and if the medium changes, refraction - bending of light - can also occur during transmission).

If we consider the most basic fill - in - the - blank for such a question (assuming the blanks are after "it can be" and "or"), a common answer set from optics is that when a ray of light strikes a surface, it can be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted (or "refracted" as a part of transmission in some cases).

Answer:

The text of the question seems to be incomplete (the parts after "it can be" and "or" are garbled). Based on the context of light striking a surface, the common phenomena are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted (or sometimes "refracted" is also a key phenomenon when light moves between media, but the main initial interactions when light hits a surface are reflection, absorption, and transmission).

If we assume the question is asking for the possible fates of a light ray when it strikes a surface, the typical answers are that it can be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted (or "refracted" if considering passage into a new medium with direction change).

Since the original image's text is unclear, but from standard physics (Optics, a subfield of Physics in Natural Science) about light - surface interactions, the three main things a light ray can do when hitting a surface are:

1. Reflected: Bounces off the surface (like a mirror reflects light).
2. Absorbed: The surface takes in the light energy (like a black object absorbs light).
3. Transmitted: Passes through the surface (like light passing through a window glass, and if the medium changes, refraction - bending of light - can also occur during transmission).

If we consider the most basic fill - in - the - blank for such a question (assuming the blanks are after "it can be" and "or"), a common answer set from optics is that when a ray of light strikes a surface, it can be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted (or "refracted" as a part of transmission in some cases).