Light and Energy Quiz

A form of energy that people can see is ____ energy.

• thermal

• sound

• light

• kinetic

Light travels in straight lines called ____.

• flickers

• rays

• rainbows

• beams

Objects that can make their own light, such as jellyfish and computer screens, are ____.

• luminous

• nonluminous

• opaque

• reflective

The energy that an object has due to the motion of its particles is ____ energy.

• light

• sound

• thermal

• electrical

Matter that allows some light rays to pass through it, such as wax paper, is ____.

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• permeable

God made the human eye to see ____ electromagnetic waves.

• all

• some

• no

• only invisible

You can see the light of the sun, the light of a computer screen, and the light of a table lamp because ____.

• they are all forms of visible light, and God made the human eye to see visible light.

• they are all luminous objects, and the human eye can only see luminous objects.

• they are all forms of electromagnetic energy, and God made the human eye to see all electromagnetic waves.

• they are all powered by electricity, and the human eye is adapted to see electrically generated light.

A transparent, three-dimensional object that bends visible light is a ____.

• spectrum

• prism

• pyramid

• lens

The first rainbow appeared in the sky ____.

• after the big bang, when light formed.

• after the Flood, as God’s promise not to cover the whole earth again with water.

• after the creation of the sun, moon, and stars on Day Four.

• during the formation of the atmosphere.

The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another is ____.

• naturalism

• reflection

• refraction

• dispersion