Light Basics

What is the visible spectrum of light?

• Red, Orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

• Violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red

• Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet

• Orange, red, yellow, green, blue violet

White light appears white because...

• white light is made up of red, orange, and yellow light

• white light is made up of all the different colors of light

• white light is made up of white light

Which of the following does not give off visible light?

• sun

• candle

• flashlight

• moon

What causes rainbows?

• rain

• water droplets in the air

• The sun shining into the water droplets in the air.

• Rainbows are caused by shadows

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NGSS.4-PS4-2

What are the two properties of light?

• color and mass
• brightness and mass
• color and brightness
• energy and volume

What do you get if you combine all of the colors in visible light?

• bright light
• white light
• brilliant light
• neon light

Which word gives a description of the brightness of light?

• dim
• hot
• close
• white

What would be the best way to tell whether the candle or the light bulb gives off brighter light?

• Unplug the light bulb and then blow out the candle
• Turn on the lights in the room
• Put the candle and the light bulb at the same distance from you
• Move the light bulb and the candle to a sunny window

The intensity of light is related to its brightness.

• True
• False

The closer the source of light, the

• darker it is
• the brighter the light
• the less bright the light
• the louder it is

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2