Quiz about Unit 3 Light TEST Review

Question 1

What term is used to describe when light passes through an object?

Accepted Answer

Transmit

Answer

Reflect

Answer

Refract

Answer

Bounce off

Question 2

What term is used to describe when light bounces off an object?

Accepted Answer

Reflect

Answer

Transmit

Answer

Refract

Answer

Bounce off

Question 3

How would you describe the path of light?

Accepted Answer

A straight line

Answer

A curved line

Question 4

The following is an example of something that ONLY reflects light:

Accepted Answer

mirror

Answer

water

Answer

glass

Answer

lightbulb

Question 5

The following reflects 50% of light and transmits 50% of light

Accepted Answer

one-way mirror

Answer

orange juice

Answer

glass

Answer

pizza

Question 6

The following MOSTLY transmits light:

Accepted Answer

glass

Answer

one-way mirror

Answer

mirror

Answer

tacos

Question 7

What is it called when light changes directions when traveling between different transparent materials?

Accepted Answer

refract

Answer

bend

Answer

transmit

Answer

reflect

Question 8

What word means "see-through?"

Accepted Answer

transparent

Answer

opaque

Answer

optic nerve

Answer

lens

Question 9

What word means "NOT see-through?"

Accepted Answer

opaque

Answer

transparent

Answer

optic nerve

Answer

lens

Question 10

What three things may happen to light that strikes an object?

Accepted Answer

The light may be reflected, transmitted or absorbed.

Answer

The light may be reflected and refracted.

Answer

The light may be absorbed and transmitted.

Question 11

Which of the following is the best example of an object absorbing light?

Accepted Answer

A black sweater in the sun.

Answer

A clean window in the sun.

Answer

A curved mirror in the sun.

Answer

A long shadow in the sun.

Question 12

The bouncing of light off an object is ....

Accepted Answer

reflection

Answer

a mirror

Answer

absorption

Answer

refraction

Question 13

Light is a kind of.....

Accepted Answer

energy

Answer

reflection

Answer

heat

Answer

matter

Question 14

Which of these describes how light travels through an empty space?

Accepted Answer

It travels in a straight line without stopping.

Answer

It travels straight but may change direction to avoid objects.

Answer

It changes direction often even if there are no objects.

Answer

It comes to a stop after it travels a certain distance.

Question 15

What surface best reflects light?

Accepted Answer

shiny

Answer

dull

Answer

clear

Answer

black

Question 16

If a black and white car were in the parking lot all day. Compare the temperatures of the two cars.

Accepted Answer

The black car would be hotter.

Answer

The black car would be cooler.

Answer

The white car would be hotter.

Answer

They would be the same

Question 17

This leaf will

Accepted Answer

Reflect green light

Answer

Absorb green light

Answer

Reflect red light

Answer

Reflect no light

Question 18

Which has more energy than visible light?

Accepted Answer

Gamma rays

Answer

Microwaves

Answer

Radio waves

Answer

Infrared light

Question 19

Which has less energy than visible light?

Accepted Answer

Radio waves

Answer

Gamma rays

Answer

X-Rays

Answer

UV light

Question 20

Latif wakes up one morning and sees that it is foggy outside. Which term best describes the fog he sees?

Accepted Answer

translucent

Answer

opaque

Answer

reflective

Answer

transparent

Question 21

Heather puts a straw into a glass of water. She notices that the straw appears to be broken when she looks through the glass and the water from the side. Which term bestexplains why the straw looks like it is broken?

Accepted Answer

refraction

Answer

absorption

Answer

scattering

Answer

transmission

Question 22

When light waves are absorbed, they can become heat.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 23

Which of the following is the bending of a wave, which changes its speed.

Accepted Answer

Refraction

Answer

Reflection

Answer

Diffraction

Answer

Frequency

Question 24

The picture best represents

Accepted Answer

Refraction

Answer

Reflection

Answer

Diffraction

Answer

Interference

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

bends when it passes through water

Answer

always travels in a straight line

Answer

makes the water in the glass evaporate

Answer

reflects the pencil on the water's surface

Question 26

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

Accepted Answer

reflected

Answer

absorbed

Answer

stopped

Answer

refracted

Question 27

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

Accepted Answer

reflected

Answer

absorbed

Answer

stopped

Answer

refracted

Question 28

Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?

Accepted Answer

The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.

Answer

The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.

Answer

The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.

Answer

The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.

Question 29

The change in ________ of light causes it to bend

Accepted Answer

speed

Answer

distance

Answer

length

Answer

color

Question 30

Makes you get sunburn.

Accepted Answer

ultraviolet

Answer

x-ray

Answer

visible

Question 31

The highest point on a wave

Accepted Answer

crest

Answer

trough

Answer

amplitude

Answer

wavelength

Question 32

What is reflection in simple terms?

Accepted Answer

light bounces off

Answer

Soaks up light

Answer

Passes through

Question 33

Wax paper or a foggy window is an example of what type of material.

Accepted Answer

translucent

Answer

transparent

Answer

opaque

Question 34

Powerful energy, made in nuclear explosion and in stars.

Accepted Answer

gamma

Answer

x-ray

Answer

visible

Question 35

What is the name of the group of colors of light into which the white light was separated?

Accepted Answer

visible spectrum

Answer

transparent

Answer

radiation

Answer

opaque

Question 36

Which statement best explains what is happening in this picture?

Accepted Answer

The light is being refracted which makes the spoon appear broken.

Answer

The light is being reflected which makes the spoon appear broken.

Answer

The light is being absorbed which makes the spoon appear broken.

Answer

The light is being transparent which makes the spoon appear broken.

Question 37

Does the frog reflect or absorb green?

Accepted Answer

Reflect

Answer

Absorb

Question 38

This is an example of a __________ mirror.

Accepted Answer

Concave

Answer

Convex

Answer

Plane

Answer

Magnifying

Question 39

The point where the rays meet is known as....

Accepted Answer

the focal point

Answer

Fire

Answer

refraction

Answer

Plane of the lens

Question 40

This is an example of a _____________ mirror

Accepted Answer

Convex

Answer

Concave

Answer

Plane

Answer

Magnifying

Question 41

This image is.....

Accepted Answer

inverted and smaller

Answer

inverted and larger

Answer

not inverted and smaller

Answer

not inverted and larger

Question 42

The following is a picture of what type of mirror?

Accepted Answer

Convex Mirror

Answer

Concave Mirror

Answer

Plane Mirror

Answer

Flat Mirror

Question 43

The following is a picture of what type of mirror?

Accepted Answer

Concave Mirror

Answer

Convex Mirror

Answer

Plane Mirror

Answer

Flat Mirror

Question 44

What does it mean to reflect?

Accepted Answer

bounce off

Answer

bend

Answer

refract

Answer

energy

Question 45

Convex mirrors cause light to spread out.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 46

a mirror with a surface that curves inward like the inside of a bowl

Accepted Answer

concave mirror

Answer

convex mirror

Answer

plane mirror

Answer

flat mirror

Question 47

Which of the mirrors is used as rear view mirror in vehicles?

Accepted Answer

Convex

Answer

Concave

Answer

Plane

Question 48

The complete range of electromagnetic waves placed in order of increasing frequency

Accepted Answer

Electromagnetic spectrum

Answer

Interference of waves

Answer

Sonar

Answer

Radar

Question 49

When an object or wave hits a surface through which it cannot pass through and it bounces back

Accepted Answer

reflection

Answer

refraction

Answer

rarefaction

Answer

diffraction

Question 50

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as crest to crest

Accepted Answer

wavelength

Answer

trough

Answer

amplitude

Answer

frequency

Question 51

The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time

Accepted Answer

frequency

Answer

trough

Answer

wavelength

Answer

amplitude

Question 52

Waves on the EM spectrum with the lowest frequency and longest wavelengths are _________________

Accepted Answer

radio waves

Answer

gamma rays

Answer

x-rays

Answer

microwaves

Question 53

Waves on the EM spectrum with the highest frequencies and shortest wavelength are __________________

Accepted Answer

gamma rays

Answer

x-rays

Answer

microwaves

Answer

radio waves

Question 54

Which of the following waves on the EM spectrum have the greatest amount of energy?

Accepted Answer

ultraviolet waves

Answer

infrared waves

Answer

microwaves

Answer

visible light

Question 55

_____ is a lens that is thicker in the middle and makes an object appear bigger.

Accepted Answer

convex lens

Answer

prism

Answer

concave lens

Answer

mirror

Question 56

Which type of mirror magnifies a close up image, like a make-up mirror.

Accepted Answer

Concave

Answer

Convex

Answer

Specular

Answer

Plane

Question 57

Which type of mirror is shown.

Accepted Answer

Convex

Answer

Concave

Answer

Specular

Answer

Plane

Question 58

__________ objects reflect all colors; __________ object absorb all colors

Accepted Answer

white ; black

Answer

black ; white

Answer

red ; violet

Answer

violet ; red

Question 59

A red banner will reflect  ________ and will ________ all other colors of light

Accepted Answer

only red light ; absorb

Answer

all colors of light ; absorb

Answer

all colors but red ; transmit

Answer

only red light ; transmit

Question 60

Put the visible light colors in order from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength

Accepted Answer

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

Answer

Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red

Answer

Red, Yellow, Green, Orange, Violet, Blue, Indigo

Question 61

The _______________ determines the color of visible light.

Accepted Answer

wavelength

Answer

speed

Answer

amplitude

Answer

light

Question 62

As the frequency of an electromagnetic wave increases, the amount of energy in that wave...

Accepted Answer

increases.

Answer

decreases.

Answer

stays the same.

Question 63

High frequency waves have _________ wavelengths.

Accepted Answer

short

Answer

varying

Answer

long

Answer

the same

Question 64

Angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection gives us the __________________

Accepted Answer

Law of reflection

Answer

Law of refraction

Answer

Law of diffraction

Unit 3 Light TEST Review

75 questions

What term is used to describe when light passes through an object?

What term is used to describe when light bounces off an object?

How would you describe the path of light?

The following is an example of something that ONLY reflects light:

The following reflects 50% of light and transmits 50% of light

The following MOSTLY transmits light:

What is it called when light changes directions when traveling between different transparent materials?

What word means "see-through?"

What word means "NOT see-through?"

What three things may happen to light that strikes an object?

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for Science