Light Waves

The most dangerous type of light in the universe is...

• a microwave

• an x-ray

• a gamma ray

• an ultraviolet wave

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Electromagnetic waves require a medium

• True

• False

• E

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The sky is blue because...

• blue is the color most scattered or reflected by our atmosphere.

• red is the color most scattered or reflected by our atmosphere.

• blue is the color most absorbed by our atmosphere.

• blue is complimentary to orange.

When light is bouncing off a surface, we say the light is __.

• refracting

• reflecting

• absorbing

• transmitting

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__ is the change in the direction of a wave that occurs as the wave changes speed when moving from one medium to another.

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Transmission

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This illusion of the pencil in water is caused by __.

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

• absorption

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Does light require a medium to transmit from its source to an object?

• YES

• NO

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Which wavelength of visible light is the shortest?

• red

• yellow

• blue

• violet

Which statement accurately describes what a prism does?

• A prism refracts and separates white light into the individual colors of light.

• A prism reflects white light until the individual colors of light are produced.

• A prism absorbs certain wavelengths of visible light on one side and transmits them out of the other end.

• A prism transmits light through its structure and separates white light into the individual colors of light.

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Light is most like a __.

• particle

• wave

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