Science 5.3 Light Quiz 1-29 Test

Light travels from the sun to the Earth in less than _______ minutes.

• 7 1/2

• 5 1/2

• 4 1/2

• 8 1/2

Light waves __________ when they hit an uneven or smooth surface.

• disappear

• float

• scatter

• jump

When light hits an opaque object it is either ___________ or __________ .

• given, taken

• white, green

• reflected, absorbed

• tall, short

What optical tool is used to refract white light?

• microscope

• magnet

• mirror

• prism

The color you see after light hits an object is the wavelength of light that has been ___________.

• refracted

• reflected

• transmitted

• absorbed

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet are the colors of the ___________________ ________________.

• magnetic filaments

• heat energy

• visible spectrum

• electromagentic field

Light is _____________.

• energy

• cold

• invisible

• old

What determines the color of light?

• magnetism

• gravity

• motion

• wavelength

What is the band of light waves in the electromagnetic spectrum that vibrates at frequencies eyes can detect?

• visible spectrum

• x-rays

• radio waves

• gamma rays

Light has both magnetic and ______________ fields.

• prism

• electric

• red

• violet