Understanding Pixels and Light

Understanding Pixels and Light

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video tutorial explains how monitors display images by using pixels, which are composed of small red, green, and blue dots. Each pixel contains a backlight, color filters, and a polarizer. The tutorial further describes how light travels through these components along different planes, including horizontal and vertical planes.

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do you see when you zoom in on a monitor screen?

A blank screen

A continuous image

Thousands of small dots

A single color

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many dots are grouped together to form a pixel?

Two

Three

Four

Five

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a component of a pixel?

Backlight

Lens

Color filters

Polarizer

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the role of the backlight in a pixel?

To provide color

To filter light

To polarize light

To illuminate the pixel

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which planes does light travel as it leaves the backlight?

Diagonal and circular

Horizontal and vertical

Upward and downward

Left and right