You can use the curved part of a spoon as a mirror because it ________ light. Which best completes the statement?

A mirror works by reflecting light: light rays bounce off its surface and travel back toward your eyes. The curved part of a spoon can do this, so it reflects light. Refraction means light bends as it passes through a material, and absorption means light is taken in rather than bounced back.

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