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This lens is thin on the edges and thicker in the middle.  It refracts the light rays.
Convex lens
100

This lens is thick on the edges and thinner in the middle.  It refracts light rays.

Concave lens

100

This lens makes items look larger.

Convex lens

100

This lens makes items look smaller.

Concave lens

100

This lens is used in eye glasses and magnifying glasses.

Convex lens

200

The type of light that humans can see.

Visible light

200

_______ colors absorb more heat than ______ colors.

Dark      light

200

A pencil in a glass of water.  It looks like the pencil is broken.  This is an example of ________

refraction

200

This lens causes light to COME TOGETHER after it passes through the lens.

Convex lens

200

This lens causes light to SPREAD APART after it passes through the lens.

Concave lens
300

As light passes through this, it bends.  It separates white light into all colors that make it.

Prism

300

Telescopes allow us to study things in outer space.  These waves have the LOWEST frequency.

Radio waves

300

Telescopes allow us to study things in outer space.  These waves have the HIGHEST frequency.

X-rays

300

What does ROYGBIV in the color spectrum stand for.

The order of colors in the rainbow / prism: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

300

Which type of surface reflects light MOST clearly?

a. angled and dark

b.  curved and clear

c. dark and grooved

d. smooth and shiny

d. smooth and shiny

400

Tracy's backpack reflects green light.  It absorbs all other colors of light.  What color is Tracy's backpack?

a. black

b. brown

c. green

d. white

c. green

400

You can make a sharp shadow blurry by increasing

a. The size of the object.

b. The shape of the object.

c. The distance from the object to its shadow.

d. The distance from the object to the light source.

d. The distance from the object to the light source.

400

Alice holds an object that is transparent.  It can separate white light into colors.  Alice has a

a. lens

b. magnifying glass

c. mirror

d. prism

d. prism

400

What is true about a white object?

a. It absorbs all colors.

b. It reflects all colors.

c. It looks white in any color of light.

d. It absorbs some colors and reflects others.

b. It reflects all colors.

400

Reflections occur when light waves

a. Separate into colors.

b. Bounce off a surface.

c. Are taken in by a surface.

d. Bend as they move from air to water.

b. Bounce off a surface.

500

How do the lenses in eyeglasses help correct a person's vision?

a. They bend light.

b. They reflect light.

c. They absorb light.

d. They separate white light into colors.

a. They bend light.

500

Sometimes you can see a rainbow when you look at a lawn sprinkler on a sunny day.  This is because the water droplets

a. absorb light

b. separate light

c. are transparent

c. magnify objects

b. separate light

500

CONVEX LENS - This lens makes items look larger.

500

CONCAVE LENS - This lens makes items look smaller.

500
Which describes why a strawberry is red?

a. It absorbs red light.

b. It reflects red light.

c. It refracts red light.

d. It reflects all light except red light.

b. It reflects red light.

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