LIGHT

Light behaves like both a particle and a ______.

• Mass
• Wave
• Current

What color has the shortest wavelength, or the highest frequency?

• yellow
• blue
• red
• violet

What does refraction mean?

• bending light
• bouncing light
• seeing light

• blocking light

Why does light refract?

• the light speeds up as it enters a prism

• the light gets hot as it enters a prism

• the light slows down as it enters a prism

• the light gains energy as it enter a prism

The full spectrum of light energy is called the__________

• broad spectrum
• electromagnetic spectrum
• helium spectrum 
• natural light spectrum

Which wavelength of visible light has the lowest energy?

• Red
• Yellow
• Orange
• Blue

What is a prism?

• a transparent object that separates white light
• an opaque object that appears black
• a translucent object

Which explains why the fork looks different under water?

• light can't pass through the glass
• the wavelength of light lengthens
• the amount of light increases when going through water
• light is refracted at an angle

Another name for light bending is ....

• Reflaction
• Absorbing
• Refraction
• mirror

If you are wearing a yellow shirt, what is true of the light that strikes it?

• Yellow is absorbed; everything else is reflected
• Yellow is reflected; everything else is absorbed
• All colors are reflected
• All colors are absorbed