Class Respose: Refraction & Reflection

In class we have been identifying refraction and reflection. Refraction is when light is able to go through an object and reflection is when light reflects/bounces back an object. In refraction sometimes you can see the colors of the rainbow through a prism at an angle. An interesting way to remember the colors of the rainbow is ROY G. BIV. R-red, O-orange, Y-yellow, G-green, B-blue, I-indigo and V-violet. Also, an interesting thing about reflection is that we use it everyday. Our mirrors reflect light so we are able to see ourselves. I think that learning refraction and reflection is necessary. We use both of them everyday with out even knowing. An example of refraction is glasses. When people wear glasses light is able to go through them so the people can see. Another example of reflection is at the movies the film is reflected on to the big screen. As you can see, we experience using refraction and reflection in our everyday life. http://msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/as/physics/5/asp5_2a.html