Light Energy Quiz

Pictured above is a stained-glass window. It allows only SOME light rays to pass through, making objects appear blurry. Is the stained-glass an example of a translucent, a transparent, or an opaque material?

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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Light travels in-

• straight lines

• waves

• straight lines and waves

• circles

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Which statements below describe the behavior of light waves when they hit an object such as a smooth, glass mirror?

• They will be reflected.

• They will be transmitted.

• They will be refracted.

• They will be absorbed.

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The number of wavelengths in a given unit of time is the –

• compression

• amplitude

• vibration

• frequency

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Two flashlights are turned on. The light rays they create are shown in the diagram. These light rays best illustrate that —

• both rays are reflected.

• both rays are refracted.

• Ray 1 is refracted and Ray 2 is reflected.

• Ray 2 is refracted and Ray 1 is reflected.

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The picture shows a study that Isaac Newton made with a prism to produce a spectrum. Newton’s discovery led most directly to an understanding of the cause of –

• x-rays

• shadows

• rainbows

• electricity

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By passing white light through a prism, you can tell –

• white light is actually a mixture of different colors.

• the mass of the prism.

• the original source of the light.

• that blue light is brighter than white light.

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Which number on the diagram shows the wavelength?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which diagram shows a wave with the highest frequency?

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Which of the below items are transparent?

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