Question

Nick’s swimming goggles are made of blue plastic. When he straps them on, he notices that the goggles change the color of the objects around him. A white ring buoy appears _______because the blue plastic ______all colors of light except blue. Only the blue light _________ the ring buoy passes through the blue plastic.

options for first blank: blue, violet, or white

options for the second blank: absorbs, reflects, or refracts

options for the third blank: absorbed by, reflected from, or refracted by

Answer 1

Blue

Absorbs

reflected from

Answer 2

Explanation :

The wavelength of blue light is in between 480 nm - 520 nm. Nick’s swimming goggles are made of blue plastic. When he straps them on, he notices that the goggles change the color of the objects around him.

A white ring buoy appears blue. This is because the blue plastic absorbs all colors of light except blue.

Only the blue light reflected from the ring buoy passes through the blue plastic.

Hence, the correct options are:

(1) blue

(2) absorbs

(3) Reflected from