Light and Its Properties Quiz

What is the fastest speed at which light travels?

• 300,000,000 m/sec

• 400,000,000 m/sec

• 200,000,000 m/sec

• 100,000,000 m/sec

Allows all or most of the light to travel through

• transparent

• translucent

• Opaque

Allows some of the light to pass through

• transparent

• translucent

• Opaque

What is the term for the straight lines along which light travels from a light source?

• Waves

• Loops

• Curves

• Rays

What color corresponds to high frequency and short wavelength?

• Green

• Yellow

• Blue

• Violet

What is the term for the bounce of light when it hits the surface of an object?

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Dispersion

The light rays changes it speed and so its direction of travel changes and bends.

• Dispersion

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Reflection

What happens when white light is passed through a glass prism?

• It becomes brighter

• It disappears

• It splits into its spectrum of colors

• It turns black

What is the term for the reflection of light from a smooth surface such as a mirror?

• Irregular reflection

• Regular reflection

 is when the light reflects from a rough surface, the rays reflect in many directions.

• Regular reflection

• Irregular reflection