Light & Color

Light is made up of...

• electricity and waves

• magnetism and waves

• electricity and magnetism

• electricity and energy

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The color with the longest wavelength is...

• Blue

• Red

• Green

• Yellow

A shadow is created by the....

• absence of light.

• absence of waves.

• absence of color.

• blocking of sound.

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The darkest part of a shadow is called the...

• shadow

• umbra

• penumbra

• pentagram

Colors are separated into small sections called:

• ranges

• bands

• spectra

• shades

If you see a green leaf on a tree, that means...

• Green is the color being reflected off the leaf.

• Green is the color being absorbed by the leaf.

• All the colors are being reflected off the leaf.

• All the colors are being absorbed by the leaf.

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What does it mean to see the color white?

• Our brains receive too much information and can't put it together properly.

• Our brains aren't receiving enough information, so they can't fill in the gaps in understanding properly.

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Sunlight is special because it...

• contains all the colors of the rainbow.

• contains most of the colors of the rainbow.

• contains white light and black light.

• contains black light.

The sky is blue because...

• blue is the color most scattered or reflected by our atmosphere.

• red is the color most scattered or reflected by our atmosphere.

• blue is the color most absorbed by our atmosphere.

• blue is complimentary to orange.

The most dangerous type of light in the universe is...

• a microwave

• an x-ray

• a gamma ray

• an ultraviolet wave

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