Em and Color Pop Quiz

Multiple Choice

Wave with the longest wavelength

• microwave
• radio
• gamma
• visible light

Color

Open Ended

When red light shines on a red rose, why do the leaves become warmer than the petals?

Multiple Choice

What color does white light minus yellow light appear?

• blue

• green

• red

• magenta

Multiple Choice

What color does white light minus green light appear?

• red

• blue

• green

• magenta

Open Ended

Explain what happens to the color of our sky as we travel higher into the atmosphere?

Fill in the Blanks

In what way are radio waves, microwaves, visible light, and x-rays considered to be the same thing?

They are all

.

Fill in the Blanks

How does energy move from place to place?

Multiple Choice

Waves with a low frequency have _____ energy. Waves with a high frequency have _____ energy.

• low; low

• low; high

• high; high

• high; low

Fill in the Blanks

To humans, infrared waves feel like

.

Multiple Choice

What type of electromagnetic radiation do human eyes detect?

• radio waves

• microwaves

• infrared

• visible light

Fill in the Blanks

All the colors of visible light put together are the color

.

Multiple Select

At sunrise and sunset, the sky is NOT blue because...

• the short wavelengths (like blue) get scattered away.

• only the long wavelengths like orange, yellow, and red get through the atmosphere.

• the light is reflecting off the pollution in the air.

• we can see the true colors of the sun which are yellow and orange.