Quiz about PROPERTIES OF LIGHT

Question 1

Light is predictable because it will always travel in a _________ line.

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Straight

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Curvy

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Backwards

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Crazy

Question 2

What shape does light travel in?

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Waves

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Circles

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Squares

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Diamonds

Question 3

What types of matter can light travel through?

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Some solids, liquids, gases and all empty space (vacuum)

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All solids, liquids, gases, and empty space (vacuum)

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Some solids, liquids, and gases

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Only empty space (vacuum)

Question 4

What does light do when it hits a smooth, flat surface?

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Reflect

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Refract

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Absorb

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Diffuse

Question 5

If light passes through two different types of matter, it will do what?

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Refract

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Reflect

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Absorb

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Diffuse

Question 6

If someone is wearing a black shirt in the sunshine, what will the black do to the light?

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Absorb it

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Reflect it

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Refract it

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Diffuse it

Question 7

Why does the pencil look broken?

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Light is refracting

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Light is reflecting

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Light is absorbing

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Light is diffusing

Question 8

What is light doing off this mirror?

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Reflecting

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Refracting

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Absorbing

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Scattering

Question 9

Which color absorbs all light?

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Black

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White

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Orange

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Green

Question 10

How does light travel?

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All of the above

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In straight lines

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In rays

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In waves

Question 11

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water. The pencil appears broken because light

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bends when it passes through water.

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always travels in a straight line.

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makes the water in the glass evaporate.

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reflects the pencil on the water's surface.

Question 12

Can travel through matter (gas, liquid, solid) and empty space.

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light

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sound

Question 13

A leaf is green because

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All colors are absorbed except green

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All colors are reflected except green

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The light is not part of the EM

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The sun light shining on the leaf is green

Question 14

__________ is when a wave bounces off a surface

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reflection

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absorption

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transmission

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diffraction

Question 15

T/F White light is made up of a mixture of the seven colors of the rainbow.

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True

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False

Question 16

How many colors are in the white color ?

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7

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4

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5

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6

Question 17

Light travels in straight lines until reflected by another object. Which illustration best shows the light being reflected?

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Option D is correct

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A.

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B.

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C.

Question 18

What is a natural source of light?

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sunlight

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torch

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candle

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street light

Question 19

What color do you see when all colors of light are reflected?

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white

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red

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green

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black

Question 20

Light is a form of

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energy

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matter

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gas

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rainbow

Question 21

________ is the intensity of light (how much light is being seen).

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brightness

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visibility

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color

Question 22

_____________________ can be seen when white light is separated through a prism.

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color

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visibility

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brightness

Question 23

When light is _____________, it does not pass through or reflect from a material. It remains in the material as another form of energy.

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absorbed

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reflected

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refracted

Question 24

When light is _____________, it bounces back from a surface.

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reflected

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refracted

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absorbed

Question 25

When light is _____________, it passes from one transparent material to another and changes direction.

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refracted

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reflected

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absorbed

Question 26

When light strikes a smooth, shiny object like a mirror, the image is _________________________

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reflected

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refracted

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absorbed

Question 27

When a pencil is viewed in a glass of water, the light passes through the water and the air and causes the path of light to bend. This is an example of...

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refraction

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reflection

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absorption

Question 28

Barry wants to see how white light can separate into different color. Which object could he hold in front of the sun to see this happen?

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prism

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mirror

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silver spoon

Question 29

A rainbow shows all the colors in white light. These colors always appear in the same order. Which is the correct order?

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red, orange, yellow, green, blue indigo, violet

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red, yellow, green, indigo, violet, orange

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red, green, indigo, yellow, orange, blue

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orange, yellow, blue, red, violet, green, indigo

Question 30

When all light is able to pass through, the material is __________________________

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transparent

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translucent

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opaque

Question 31

When no light is able to pass through, the material is __________________________

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opaque

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transparent

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translucent

Question 32

When some light is able to pass through, the material is __________________________

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translucent

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transparent

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opaque

Question 33

If you see a yellow banana, it is because the color yellow is being ____________

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reflected

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absorbed

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refracted

Question 34

Light travels

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in a straight line until it strikes an object

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in a wavy line and continues when it hits an object

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in a straight line and through every object

Question 35

What is the correct order of the colors of the rainbow?

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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

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red, orange, yellow, blue, green, indigo, violet

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orange, yellow, red, blue, purple, indigo

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red, orange, yellow, green, indigo

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