Understanding Light Refraction
Explore the principles of light refraction, including definitions, causes, and real-world examples, suitable for 8th-grade science students.
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Understanding Light Refraction
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for calculations.
1. What is the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another called?
Reflection
Refraction
Diffraction
Absorption
2. Which of the following causes light to refract?
Change in light color
Change in light speed
Change in light intensity
Change in light source
3. When light passes from a less dense medium to a more dense medium, it bends the normal.
4. A prism separates white light into its constituent colors due to the phenomenon of .
5. Observe the image below. Explain what is happening to the light ray as it enters the water.
6. The speed of light is the same in all transparent mediums.
True
False
7. Lenses in eyeglasses use the principle of refraction to correct vision.
True
False
8. Describe two real-life examples where you can observe the phenomenon of light refraction. For each example, briefly explain how refraction is occurring.