Where is visible light located in the electromagnetic spectrum?

between infrared and ultraviolet rays

between radio waves and infrared rays

between radio waves and microwaves

Which of the following shows the correct order of the electromagnetic spectrum, from shortest wavelength to longest?

gamma ray → x-ray → ultraviolet → visible → infrared → microwave → radio

radio → microwave → infrared → visible → ultraviolet → x-ray → gamma ray

visible → infrared → ultraviolet → x-ray → gamma ray → radio → microwave

microwave →x-ray → gamma ray → ultraviolet → visible → radio → infrared

The entire universe is blanketed in radiation referred to as the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, thought to be left over from the Big Bang. If the whole universe is covered in radiation, why is it NOT visible to people on Earth?

Radiation consists of a wide range of wavelengths, and humans cannot see most wavelengths of light.

There is too much pollution in Earth's atmosphere, so no radiation is visible.

No type of radiation can pass through objects, so the celestial bodies block the radiation from Earth.

The radiation is only visible from space, because Earth's atmosphere blocks radiation.

How do human eyes see color?

Each color is light of a separate wavelength, and eyes respond to each wavelength differently.

All electromagnetic waves hit the eyes at the same wavelength, but eyes respond to each type of wave differently.

All colors are the same wavelength of light but change as they reflect off different objects into the eyes.

Each type of electromagnetic wave hits the eyes at a different angle, appearing as colors.

What is true about most of the wavelengths found in the electromagnetic spectrum?

They are invisible to the human eye.

They are found in the range of visible light.

They are able to produce a rainbow when sent through a prism.

In Mr. Hall's class, Amy was learning about light. Mr. Hall showed a white light traveling through a prism and emerging as a rainbow. He explained that all the colors traveling together at he same speed are seen as white light. The reason they are separated as they pass through the prism is because each color has a different wavelength and is bent differently as a result. Which of the following states the correct order of colors of light from the longest wavelength to the shortest?

red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red

green, blue, indigo, violet, red, orange, yellow

yellow, orange, red, violet, indigo, blue, green

Carla's favorite ball is bright blue when it is outside in the direct sunlight. Inside, the ball appears to be almost green. Why does Carla's ball seem to change colors?

Color is determined by the wavelength of light reflected or absorbed by the object, and the light changes when Carla goes inside.

Color is determined by the type of infrared electromagnetic waves hitting the object, and going inside blocks Carla's ball from some types of infrared radiation.

Color is determined by the size of an object, and Carla's ball lost air while being played with, so it was smaller when she went inside.

Color is determined by the temperature of an object, and the temperature changes when Carla goes inside out of the sunlight.

What is true about visible light?

Visible light waves are the only electromagnetic waves that we can see.

Visible light is created only when an object becomes hot.

Visible light has a longer wavelength than infrared radiation.

Visible light is incapable of creating chemical changes in materials.

The color of an object is most dependent on which of the following?

the way the object reflects light

What best describes the relationship of the wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum?

Infrared waves are longer than x-rays.

Microwaves are shorter than visible light waves.

Gamma rays are longer than ultraviolet rays.

Radio waves are shorter than gamma rays.

The picture shows a duck swimming in a pond. Why does the duck appear to be floating above its twin?

The water in the pond reflects light from the Sun, making a mirror image.

The molecules in the atmosphere refract the light, splitting it into two images.

The duck scatters the light, making hundreds of tiny refractions that collect into an image.

The bottom of the pond absorbs the light, then projects it toward the surface as an image.

The picture shows the path of light into an eye with and without a corrective lens. How does the lens affect the light?

The lens refracts the light, changing where in the eye it attains focus.

The lens absorbs the light, increasing the brightness of what the eye sees.

The lens scatters the light, increasing the number of colors the eye sees.

The lens reflects the light, allowing less light to enter the eye.

The picture shows three light rays from the Sun that traveled toward Earth. What happened to the light ray Y?

It got refracted by the atmosphere due to changes in air density.

It got reflected by the ground and headed back into space.

It got scattered by the clouds due to a change in temperature.

It got absorbed by the carbon dioxide molecules and made oxygen.

The picture shows a diagram of light rays as they travel through a type of telescope. What happens to the light at point Z?

It is refracted by a lens, changing to an angle that causes it to travel in a straight line to the eyepiece.

It is scattered by a mirror, splitting into hundreds of points of light which bounced around the eyepiece.

It is reflected by a mirror, splitting into multiple beams as it travels into the eyepiece.

It is absorbed by a lens, changing the wavelength of light sent into the eyepiece.

The picture shows a diagram of light rays as they travel through a type of telescope. What happens to the light at point X?

The light hits a lens and refracts, changing the angle of the light.

The light hits a mirror and is absorbed, then it is emitted at a different wavelength.

The light hits a mirror and scatters into multiple beams of different colors.

The light hits a lens and reflects at the same angle it hit the lens.

The picture shows three light rays from the Sun that traveled toward Earth. What happened to the light ray X?

It was reflected back into space by particles in Earth's atmosphere.

It was absorbed by space before it reached Earth's atmosphere.

It was slowed down into a sound wave when it hit Earth's atmosphere.

It was transmitted around the planet by particles in Earth's atmosphere.

The picture shows a duck that appears to have its body detached when viewed underwater. Why does the duck's body look detached?

because the pond is a different material than the air, and sunlight gets refracted as it travels in and out of the water

because the bottom of the pond scatters the light, making the duck's body underwater appear different than the rest of the duck

because the atmosphere absorbs the sunlight, so it reaches the ducks body underwater slower than the rest of the duck

because the duck reflects the light toward its abdomen, making it look different than the rest of the duck

The picture shows three light rays from the Sun that traveled toward Earth. What happened to light ray Z?

It was absorbed by the ground, which conducted it into the atmosphere and increased surface temperatures.

It was reflected by the atmosphere at the same angle it hit, going straight back toward the Sun.

It was refracted by the higher density ground, heading back into the sky where it made a rainbow.

It was scattered into the ground, increasing the energy in the plates which caused an earthquake.

The picture shows a diagram of light rays as they travel through a type of telescope. What happens to the light at point Y?

The light is reflected by a mirror into the eyepiece at he same angle it hit the mirror.

The light is scattered into the eyepiece by a lens at the same angle it hits the lens.

The light is refracted by a lens, changing the angle of the beam.

The light is absorbed by a mirror, splitting into multiple beams.

What happens to the speed of light as it exits the air and enters a glass of water?

It first slows down and then speeds up.

Which statement about how light travels is true?

Light will not bend around a corner.

Light can only travel through air.

Light travels slowest through cold air.

Light cannot travel through solids.

A piano creates sound waves of different pitches by striking a small hammer against the strings inside the instrument. When a key is struck, the corresponding hammer strikes a string, causing a vibration that creates a sound wave. How do the sound waves of the higher pitch notes compare to the sound waves of the lower pitch notes?

The sound waves of notes with higher pitches have higher frequencies.

The sound waves of notes with higher pitches have higher amplitudes.

The sound waves of notes with higher pitches travel at higher speed.

The sound waves of notes with higher pitches have higher wavelengths.

Which of the following has the greatest effect on refraction?

the speed of the light wave as it travels through the medium

the length of the light wave as it approaches the medium

the width of the light wave as it exits the medium

the reflection of the light wave off the medium's surface

Which of the following statement about how light waves travel is correct?

Light waves travel faster through the air than through solids.

Light waves travel the fastest through liquids and slowest through the air.

Light waves travel faster through solids than through air.

Light waves travel the fastest through solids and slowest through liquids.

How is the light wave that travels through a prism refracted?

The light slows down as it moves from the air into the glass.

The light reflects off the surface of the prism.

The light is absorbed by the glass in the prism.

The light speeds up as it leaves the prism and enters the air.

What causes light to slow down?

moving into a less adhesive medium

Which of the following statement about how sound waves travel is correct?

Sound waves travel faster through solids than through liquids.

Sound waves travel the fastest through gases and slowest through liquids.

Sound waves travel faster through gases than through solids.

Sound waves travel fastest through liquids and the slowest through solids.

Arlen is exploring the ways that colors react to light. He adds red food coloring to four different beakers containing 150 milliliters of water each. He adds three drops of red food coloring to the first beaker, 15 drops to the second beaker, 30 drops to the third beaker, and 50 drops to the fourth beaker. He places all four beakers in the sunlight. After 15 minutes, he measures the temperature of the water in each beaker. What can he expect to find?

The temperature will increase as the color gets darker, because dark colors absorb more heat than light colors.

The temperature will decrease as the color gets darker, because more radiant energy from the Sun bonds to the food coloring.

The temperature will increase as the color gets darker, because the chemical bonds between the food coloring and water create additional energy.

The temperature will decrease as the color gets darker, because the dark colors reflect more light than the light colors.

While Kayden was swimming in the lake during the summer, his mother was standing on shore yelling for him to come and eat lunch. Not wanting to leave the lake, he pretended not to hear her by dunking his head in and out of the water. What happened to the sound waves of his mother's voice when his head was underwater

The sound waves moved faster in the water with a higher frequency, so he could still hear his mother.

The sound waves moved slower in the water and increased in energy, so he could still hear his mother.

The sound waves moved slower in the water with lower frequency, so he could not hear his mother.

The sound waves moved faster in the water and decreased in energy, so he could still hear his mother.

Which of the following is true of materials that are NOT completely transparent?

They either reflect light or absorb light.

They either reflect light or separate light.

They either reflect light or refract light.

They either reflect light or diffuse light.

Read the following passage: Mitchell watched as his son stepped up to bat during his championship baseball game. After the pitch, he saw the ball fly from the bat and then heard the crack of the bat a moment later. Which of the following explains why there was a difference between seeing ball fly and hearing the bat connect with the ball?

The light waves traveled with a faster speed in the air, allowing the ball to be seen first, while the sound waves moved with a slower speed in the air, causing the sound to be delayed.

The light waves traveled back from the sky, gaining energy, and the sound waves traveled in a straight line, losing energy, causing the sound to be delayed.

The light waves traveled with a lower frequency in the air, allowing the ball to be seen first, while the sound waves moved with a higher frequency in the air, causing the sound to be delayed.

The light waves traveled in a straight path, allowing the ball to be seen first, and the sound waves bounced up into the sky and had to be reflected back, causing the sound to be delayed.

What causes light traveling in a straight line to bend?

moving through the boundary of a new medium

traveling through a uniform medium

traveling through a dense liquid

Which of the following is most likely to cause light to no longer travel in a straight line?

passing through a magnetic field

encountering another light wave

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is true about energy from the sun?

It arrives as mechanical energy in a wide range of wavelengths.

It arrives as radiation in a wide variety of wavelengths.

It arrives as sound energy made up of only sound waves.

It arrives as radiation made up of only visible light.

Which form of electromagnetic radiation has the longest wavelength?

infrared radiation

gamma rays

visible light

microwaves

Which of the following is NOT a type of radiation from the Sun?

ultraviolet waves

television waves

radio waves

x-ray waves

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which types of waves found in the electromagnetic spectrum are longer than visible light waves?

X-rays

gamma rays

ultraviolet rays

microwaves

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do we see light waves?

as an image in a prism

as rays of sunshine

as colors of the rainbow

as reflections in a mirror

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which types of waves found in the electromagnetic spectrum are shorter than visible light waves?

radio waves

gamma rays

infrared waves

microwaves

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which is true of how our eyes detect electromagnetic waves?

Our eyes are sensitive only to the shortest waves in the electromagnetic spectrum.

Our eyes are sensitive to a narrow band of waves within the electromagnetic spectrum.

Our eyes are sensitive to all electromagnetic waves with a wavelength longer than infrared.

Our eyes are sensitive to the entire range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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