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WorksheetsLight Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why can you see most objects?
a)
Light reflects off them
b)
Light is absorbed by them
c)
Light is bent by the object
d)
Light is scattered from the surface of the object
2.
We see a green shamrock as being green because:
a)
All of the colors are absorbed except for green.
b)
All of the colors are being reflected except for green.
3.
What is the incident ray?
a)
The ray of light leaving the mirror
b)
The ray of light approaching the mirror
4.
Angles are always measured from the:
a)
Boundary
b)
Normal
c)
Incident Ray
d)
Reflected Ray
5.
A beam of light traveling in a straight line away from its source is ________.
a)
Concave
b)
Ray
c)
Light
d)
Surface
6.
Having to do with the eye or lenses is _______.
a)
Heat
b)
Image
c)
Optical
d)
Reflect
7.
describes materials that allow some light to travel through them, but not enough to see through the material
a)
Translucent
b)
pigment
c)
opaque
d)
image
8.
Why can you see most objects?
a)
A. they emit light
b)
B. light refracts through them
c)
C. light reflects off them
d)
D. they absorb light
9.
Objects that allow only some light to pass through them are considered __________.
a)
A. transparent
b)
B. translucent
c)
C. opaque
d)
D. solid
10.
Tracing paper is an example for _______ object.
a)
A. a transparent
b)
B. a translucent
c)
C. an opaque
d)
D. a luminous
11.
Light is a form of energy produced by a ______.
a)
A. luminous object
b)
B. transparent object
c)
C. non-luminous object
d)
D. opaque object
12.
An example for non-luminous object is ___________.
a)
A. a candle
b)
B. the sun
c)
C. an electric bulb
d)
D. the moon
13.
The phenomenon by which the incident light falling on a surface is sent back into the same medium is known as ________.
a)
A. polarization
b)
B. reflection
c)
C. refraction
d)
D. absorption
14.
When you look at your face in a mirror, where does your face appear to be?
a)
A. an equal distance behind the mirror to what you are in front
b)
B. a long way behind the surface of the mirror
c)
C. on the surface of the mirror
d)
D. just in front of the mirror
15.
When light is incident on a polished surface ___________ reflection takes place.
a)
A. regular
b)
B. irregular
c)
C. diffused
d)
D. normal
16.
Which answer explains why no sunlight gets into the cave chamber?
a)
A. it is night time
b)
B. the cave is underground
c)
C. the light cannot get round the wiggles in the tunnel
d)
D. the caver’s lamp is brighter than the sunlight
17.
Which of the following is not a source of light?
a)
A. candle
b)
B. caver’s lamp
c)
C. mirror
d)
D. sun
18.
If his lamp stopped working, what would the caver be able to see?
a)
A. the tunnel to the cave
b)
B. a mirror
c)
C. nothing
d)
D. the walls of the cave
19.
When a parallel beam of light falls on polished silver,
a)
A. the light will be scattered
b)
B. a convergent beam of light will be reflected
c)
C. a divergent beam of light will be reflected
d)
D. a parallel beam of light will be reflected
20.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
21.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
22.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
23.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
24.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
25.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
26.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
27.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
28.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
29.
Refract or Reflect?
a)
Refract
b)
Reflect
31.
Absorb or Reflect all colors?
a)
Absorb
b)
Reflect
31.
Absorb or Reflect all colors?
a)
Absorb
b)
Reflect
32.
Absorb or Reflect all colors?
a)
Absorb
b)
Reflect
33.
Does the rose reflect or absorb red?
a)
Reflect
b)
Absorb
34.
Does the frog reflect or absorb green?
a)
Reflect
b)
Absorb
35.
Does the scarf reflect or absorb yellow?
a)
Reflect
b)
Absorb
36.
Does the bird reflect or absorb orange?
a)
Reflect
b)
Absorb
37.
A wave that requires a medium through wave which to travel
a)
A. electromagnetic wave
b)
B. longitudinal
wave
c)
C. mechanical
wave
d)
D. transverse
wave
38.
A wave that does not require a medium
a)
A. electromagnetic wave.
b)
B. surface
wave
c)
C. medium
d)
D. transverse
wave
39.
The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not penetrate
a)
A. refraction
b)
B. reflection
c)
C. resonance
d)
D. standing
wave
40.
This wave has the second highest frequency on the spectrum.
a)
microwaves
b)
visible light
c)
x-rays
d)
gamma ray
41.
The higher the frequency the ______ the energy.
a)
higher
b)
lower
c)
neither, stays the same
42.
This image represents what kind of wave behavior?
a)
Diffraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Refraction
d)
Resonance
43.
Wavelengths on the right side of the Electromagnetic spectrum are ______________.
a)
short
b)
long
c)
average
44.
What is a repeating disturbance or vibration that transfers or moves energy from place to place?
a)
Medium
b)
Wave
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefaction
45.
Which letter represents wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
46.
Which letter represents the wave crest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
47.
Which letter represents the wave trough?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
48.
Which letter represents amplitude?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
49.
What is measured from crest to crest or trough to trough?
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Origin
50.
The number of waves that pass in a certain amount of time is called
a)
frequency
b)
wavelength
c)
crest
d)
amplitude
51.
Sound waves are...
a)
cool
b)
not cool
c)
transverse waves
d)
longitudinal waves
52.
What does it mean to refract?
a)
bounce off
b)
to bend
c)
curve outward
d)
reflect
53.
What happens when light hits a mirror?
a)
it makes a color
b)
it reflects
c)
it makes a rainbow
d)
it passes through
54.
What do you see when water droplets refract and diffract sunlight?
a)
thunderstorm
b)
eclipse
c)
rainbow
d)
clouds
57.
What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is when the waves are squeezed together?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
56.
All waves carry
a)
energy
b)
light
c)
matter
d)
particles
57.
What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is when the waves are squeezed together?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
58.
What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spread a part?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
59.
We see the color _______ when a material absorbs all visible light.
a)
white
b)
black
60.
Which color travels the quickest and has the shortest wavelength?
a)
Red
b)
Violet
61.
Light bouncing off a mirror is an example of...
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
62.
A prism separating white light is an example of...
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
63.
Light bending as it passes through a rain drop is an example of...
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
64.
Which color travels the slowest and has the longest wavelength?
a)
Violet
b)
Red
65.
This is an example of ..............
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
66.
This is an example of ...............
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
68.
Light bending as it passes from one medium (object) to another is...
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
68.
Light bending as it passes from one medium (object) to another is...
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
69.
A material that reflects or absorbs all of the light that strikes it is called which of the following?
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Diffuse
d)
Opaque
70.
When light reflects off of a completely smooth surface it reflects in which way?
a)
Regular Reflection
b)
Diffuse Reflection
c)
Refraction
d)
Color Reflection
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