GRADE 10 LONG QUIZ

If Galileo's experiment did not measure the speed of light, what did it measure?

• the speed of light using large distances

• measured man's reaction time

• accurately measured the speed of light in the air

• calculated the speed of light over a short distance

Galileo's experiment proved that the speed of light was immeasurable

• true

• false

3.One significant result of the Michelson experiment of 1880 was that it:

• measured man's reaction time

• measured man's reaction time

• accurately measured the speed of light in the air

• calculated the speed of light over a short distance

The first American to win the Nobel prize in 1907 was:

• Roemer

• Fizeau

• Michelson

Splitting of white light into its component colors is called diffusion.

• True

• False

When white light passes through a prism, red light is least changed in direction.

• true

• false

The speed of light is approximately 3 · 10⁸ m/s.

• True

• false

1. The sky is blue because of scattering.

• true

• false

Incident rays parallel to the axis of a concave mirror reflect parallel to the axis.

• true

• false

Image and object distances are measured from the mirror.

• true

• false