6th Grade Quiz #2

The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see is called:

• radio waves

• visible light

• gamma rays

• x-rays

When wavelength increases...

• energy decreases

• energy increases

We perceive various wavelengths within the visible light spectrum as:

• sound

• color

• time

• smell

We see a "rainbow of colors" that when perceived together produce:

• black light

• white light

• gamma rays

• x-ray images

Light can bounce off matter, leading to ______.

• emssion

• reflection

• absorption

• transmission

Which color has the shortest wavelengths?

• yellow

• green

• blue

• indigo

A pencil that is half underwater and half above the water appears to be broken because of which light behavior?

• absorption

• transmission

• reflection

• refraction

Why does an object appear to be blue?

• it absorbs the blue wavelength

• it scatters the blue wavelength

• it reflects all the other colors except blue

• it absorbs all the wavelengths except blue

Which light behavior does this photo demonstrate?

• absorption

• transmission

• reflection

• refraction

Why does a prism produce a colored spectrum when white light passes through it?

• The prism refracts light waves into different wavelengths.

• Light waves with longer wavelengths are bent more than light waves with shorter wavelengths.

• Light waves with shorter wavelengths are bent less than light waves with longer wavelengths.

• The prism filters out all wavelengths except those corresponding to visible light waves.