Light and Optics

Light is considered to be

• electromagnetic waves
• particles
• transverse waves
• all of the above

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Speed of light in a vacuum is

• represented by the symbol "c"
• 3.00 X10⁸ m/s 
• both answers are correct

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correct order of colors on a prisim
(top to bottom) 

• ROYGBIV
• VIBGYOR
• YGBIVOR
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When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another.(example: pencil in a glass of water-)

• medium
• refraction
• reflection
• interference

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A wave carries...?

• energy only
• matter only
• the matter carries the energy
• neither

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According to the Law of reflection, a light ray striking a mirror

• continues moving through the mirror in the same direction
• moves into the mirror at a slightly different angle
• bounces off the mirror toward the direction it came from
• bounces off the mirror at the same angle it hits.

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The point where the rays meet is known as....

• Fire
• the focal point
• refraction
• Plane of the lens

Which lens represents the path light takes through a diverging lens?

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Which figure represents the path light takes through a converging lens?

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The pencil in the glass of water appears bent due to ....

• reflection
• refraction
• mirrors
• focal point

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