Amplify Light Waves Review

Front

Could any of these lasers be giving off a different type of light?

Back

Yes. Laser 2 could be giving off a different type of light because Laser 2 has a different wavelength than Lasers 1 and 3.

Front

What is true about waves?

Back

When wavelength decreases, frequency increases

Front

In order to see an object, light must be:

Back

reflected off the object and into your eyes

Front

In order for light to change an object, that object must _______ the light and its energy.

Back

absorb

Front

What happens when a material allows light to pass through it?

Back

The material transmits the light and doesn't change.

Front

How are we able to perceive an object as being the color white?

Back

All colors of visible light are reflected off an object and then to our eye.

Front

Which wave has the greatest amplitude?

Back

The blue wave

Front

Which types of light could heat up a sheet of aluminum?

Back

Neither type of light is likely to heat up the aluminum because the aluminum does not take in energy from either the X-ray light or the ultraviolet light.

Front

What is produced by vibrating objects through air?

Back

sound

Front

Which type of light wave produces the heat we can feel coming from the toaster?

Back

Infrared waves