Pentathlon: Visible Light

The colors of the visible light spectrum can be remembered by using the acronym,

• ROY G BIV

• LAZIC

• ROY B GIV

• CO2

Even though light is sometimes described as being a specific color, color is not actually a property of any electromagnetic wave. In fact, color is a(n) ____________________.

• illusion

• physiological experience

• indescribable phenomenon

• gamma wave

Light that is made up of a mixture of all colors in the visible spectrum would appear to be...

• black

• blue

• white

• a rainbow

Which scientists first used a prism to demonstrate that white light was made up of all the colors of the electromagnetic spectrum in the 1660's?

• Rene Descartes

• Albert Einstein

• James Maxwell

• Isaac Newton

A prism can be used to...

• separate visible light into colors

• make a beam of light brighter

• measure the speed of light

• make UV light visible

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99% of the electromagnetic waves that the Sun emits can be found in which wave frequencies?

• Radio, microwave, and infrared

• visible, ultraviolet, and x-rays

• infrared, visible, and ultraviolet

• ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma ray

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Which of the following describes the relationship between the peak of solar intensity and the sensitivity of human eyes to frequencies of light?

• There is no relationship

• human eyes are the least sensitive to the frequencies of light emitted most intensely from the Sun

• human eyes are the most sensitive to the frequencies of light emitted most intensely from the Sun

• the sensitivity of human eyes to the sun depends on how bright the sun is shining

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Besides visible light, which portion of the electromagnetic spectrum are bees sensitive to?

• infrared

• gamma ray

• x-ray

• ultraviolet

What color will a red apple appear under a green light?

• black

• red

• white

• green

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Why does ordinary window glass appear colorless?

• because it is made of glass

• because it blocks UV light

• because it transmits all frequencies of visible light

• because it absorbs all frequencies of visible light

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