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Exploring Visible Light Waves in the EMS

Exploring Visible Light Waves in the EMS

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
HS-PS4-3, HS-PS4-5, HS-PS4-4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Aiden Montgomery

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

NGSS.HS-PS4-3
,
NGSS.HS-PS4-5
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NGSS.HS-PS4-4
The video explains electromagnetic radiation, focusing on visible light, its properties, and its scientific significance. It covers how visible light helps in understanding atmospheric composition, temperature of stellar objects, and Earth's changes. The video also discusses NASA's use of visible light and laser altimetry for mapping and exploration, and how the Hubble Space Telescope uses visible light to explore the universe.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did people originally believe about the prism's effect on sunlight before Newton's experiment?

It reflected the white light.

It absorbed the white light.

It colored the white light.

It split white light into different colors.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can minute gaps in energy at specific visible wavelengths reveal?

The speed of light

The age of the universe

The distance between stars

The physical condition and composition of stellar and interstellar matter

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does Earth's atmosphere generally appear blue?

Because of the presence of water vapor

Due to the scattering of blue light by nitrogen and oxygen particles

Because of the reflection of the ocean

Due to the absorption of red light

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the color of a flame as it burns hotter?

It turns green

It turns red

It turns yellow

It turns blue

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What color would the Sun appear if its surface temperature were 3,000 degrees Celsius?

White

Reddish

Blue

Yellow

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of data does NASA's EO-1 image combine to distinguish between snow and volcanic ash?

Visible and ultraviolet data

Visible and infrared data

Infrared and ultraviolet data

Microwave and infrared data

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Since when have images from NASA's Landsat satellite been used to study changes on Earth?

1980

2000

1990

1972

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