Color, Light, and Sound Review

What is the name of the group of colors of light into which the white light was separated?

• transparent
• ROY G. BIV (spectrum)
• radiation
• opaque

Which statement is true about light?

• Light is a form of energy and made of many colors.

• Light always converts into sound and color.

• Light is the pull between objects.

• Light contains only the color white.

This is the bending of light...

• Light
• Reflection
• Refraction

The apple is red all colors are absorbed except for red.  This means that red is being _______ back to our eyes.

• refracted
• trasmitted
• reflected
• absorbed

A woman is wearing a black coat.  This means that ______ of the colors in her coat are being absorbed.

• some
• all
• a few
• two

The grass is green because....

• green is being reflected and all other colors are being absorbed.
• green is being absorbed and all other colors are being reflected.
• mother nature made grass green.
• grasshoppers like to hide in the grass.

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed
• stopped
• reflected
• refracted

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line
• bends when it passes through water
• makes the water in the glass evaporate
• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?

• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.
• The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.
• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.
• The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.

What do we call this tool that separates white light into the colors of the Visible Spectrum?

• tuning fork
• prism
• microscope
• graduated cylinder