Light Filters and Color Perception

Light Filters and Color Perception

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics, Science, Biology

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

FREE Resource

The video tutorial explains how light interacts with objects, affecting the colours we perceive. It discusses how opaque objects reflect and absorb different colours, determining their appearance. The use of transparent and translucent filters is introduced, showing how they can alter the perceived colour of objects by absorbing certain light wavelengths. Practical applications of filters, such as in sunglasses and photography, are also covered.

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to light when it hits an object?

It can only be absorbed.

It can bounce off, pass through, or be absorbed.

It can only pass through.

It can only bounce off.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does a red flower appear red?

It absorbs red light and reflects other colors.

It reflects all colors equally.

It reflects red light and absorbs other colors.

It absorbs all colors.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do filters change the color an object appears?

By letting all colors pass through.

By absorbing some colors and letting others pass through.

By absorbing all colors.

By reflecting all colors.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What effect does a red filter have on light?

It lets all colors pass through.

It reflects all colors.

It absorbs red light and lets other colors through.

It absorbs all colors but lets red light through.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens when a green filter is used with a light source?

It reflects all colors.

It absorbs green light and lets other colors pass.

It lets all colors pass through.

It absorbs all colors but lets green light pass.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do sunglasses use filters to protect your eyes?

By absorbing all light.

By letting all light pass through.

By filtering out certain colors and ultraviolet light.

By reflecting all light.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do photographers use filters?

To change the mood and feel of their shots.

To remove all colors from their shots.

To make their shots appear black and white.

To increase the brightness of their shots.