12. **what happens when light passes through a cup of water?\na. the light is reflected.\nc. the light…

12. **what happens when light passes through a cup of water?\na. the light is reflected.\nc. the light passes straight through.\nb. the light is refracted.\nd. the light rebounds.\n13. you place a penny in a bowl. you slowly pour water into the bowl. what happens?\na. nothing happens.\nc. you can always see the penny.\nb. the penny slowly disappears.\nd. the penny slowly appears.\n14. **when light passes through a prism, what do you see?\na. white light.\nc. the colors of the spectrum.\nb. black light.\nd. a sickly gray.\nuse the picture below to answer question #15.\n15. **this picture represents the ______ of light.\na. reflection\nc. refraction\nb. spectrum\nd. absorption
Answer
Brief Explanations:
- When light passes from one medium (air) to another (water), its speed changes and it bends, which is refraction.
- 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.
- A prism separates white - light into its component colors, which is the spectrum of light.
- The picture shows light bouncing off a surface, which is the phenomenon of reflection.
Answer:
- b. The light is refracted.
- d. The penny slowly appears.
- c. The colors of the spectrum.
- a. reflection