Properties of Light Quiz

The full spectrum of light energy is called the

• reflection

• diffraction

• electromagnetic spectrum

• natural light spectrum

What determines the color and brightness of light?

• wavelength and amplitude

• frequency and amplitude

• amplitude and frequency

• amplitude and wavelength

The distance between one peak of a wave and the next peak is known as the ______

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• vibration

The number of waves that pass in a given time is known as the

• wavelength

• amplitude

• wave speed

• frequency

Amplitude refers to the _______

• The rate of vibration of the wave

• The distance between one peak of a wave and the next peak

• The height of

  each peak

• unit time

When white light strikes a green wall, all of the visible wavelengths

• are absorbed

• are absorbed except for the green wavelength, which bounce off the wall

• bounce off of the wall except the green wavelength, which is absorbed

• bounce of the wall

Choose the primary colours

• Red

• Blue

• Yellow

• Green

• Cyan

Choose the secondary colours

• Red

• Green

• Yellow

• Cyan

• Magenta

The three additive colours comes together to produce _________ while the three subtractive colours comes together to produce______

• white, black

• cyan, magenta

• black, white

• yellow, red

Refraction is caused by...

• different wave speeds

• more than one reflection

• displaced images

• bending of waves