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Yes, light can be both refracted and reflected. Refraction of light is the bending of light. This occurs when light changes mediums. For instance, when the light from a pencil travels to your eyes from the inside of a glass of water it is bent. The pencil appears to be bent because the half out of the water's light is not bent and the light from the half inside the water changes mediums from water to air causing a bend. This bend creates the bent pencil illusion that you see. Reflection is simiply the incident ray that is generated when a ray of light strikes a particular surface at a certain angle. It only occurs however when the surface is reflective, because un-reflective surfaces will absorb most of the light. :D

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