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Light Test

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is light?
a)
A form of energy
b)
When something reflects on something else
c)
To bend
d)
To refract
2.
What are the 3 properties of light?
a)
Reflection, affliction, observation
b)
Reflection, refraction, absorption
c)
Reflection, infection, oblation
d)
white, black, and colors
3.
What is the visible spectrum?
a)
Seeing UV Rays
b)
All of the things you can see
c)
The colors that you can see
4.
What happens when light hits a smooth surface?
a)
Some colors are reflected while others are absorbed
b)
It is refracted
c)
It turns into ROYGBIV
d)
It turns into thermal energy
5.
Which wavelength is the longest in the visible spectrum?
a)
Gamma Rays
b)
Microwaves
c)
X-Rays
d)
Radio waves
6.
Which wavelength is the shortest in the visible spectrum?
a)
Gamma Rays
b)
Microwaves
c)
X-Rays
d)
Radio waves
7.
This is a picture of what kind of lens?
a)
Concave
b)
Convex
c)
Optical
d)
Illusionary
8.
What type of lenses are these?
a)
Concave
b)
Convex
c)
Optical
d)
Illusionary
9.
What does translucent mean?
a)
Allows no light to pass through
b)
Allows some light to pass through
c)
Allows all/most light to pass through
d)
To sort the visible spectrum
10.
What does transparent mean?
a)
Allows no light to pass through
b)
Allows some light to pass through
c)
Allows all/most light to pass through
d)
To sort the visible spectrum
11.
What does opaque mean?
a)
Allows no light to pass through
b)
Allows some light to pass through
c)
Allows all/most light to pass through
d)
To sort the visible spectrum
12.
Which material is opaque?
a)
Water
b)
Wood
c)
Window glass
d)
Wax Paper
13.
Which item would refract light?
a)
A black shirt
b)
A mirror
c)
A glass of water
d)
A quarter
14.
Which of the following will not have a shadow on a sunny day?
a)
A piece of clear plastic
b)
A bucket of water
c)
A tiny leaf
d)
A flat wooden board
15.
Which is not a color of the visible spectrum?
a)
Cyan
b)
Orange
c)
Green
d)
Blue
16.
Which object is translucent?
a)
Brick
b)
Tin Foil
c)
Wax Paper
d)
Window Glass
17.
A tomato is red because...
a)
it detracts red light
b)
it absorbs red light
c)
it refracts red light
d)
it reflects red light
18.
Which phrase best describes the way light travels?
a)
In a curved path
b)
In a zig-zag path
c)
In a straight line
d)
In a circular path
19.
Which of the following is opaque?
a)
Clear Plastic
b)
Wood
c)
Frosted Glass
d)
Water
20.
A prism can refract white light to see all the colors of white light.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The white light that you see is actually made up of 7 different colors.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
The color we see is the color that is absorbed by the object.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
When a material is transparent, it scatters light and allows only some to pass through it.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
The properties of light are brightness and shape.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
What is the acronym we use to remember all the colors of the visible spectrum?
a)
BIV G ROY
b)
Does McDonald's Sell Cheese Burgers
c)
PEMDAS
d)
ROY G BIV
26.

Which color on the visible spectrum has the longest wavelength?

a)

Blue

b)

Red

c)

Green

d)

Indigo

27.

Which color on the visible spectrum has the shortest wavelength?

a)

Indigo

b)

Red

c)

Violet

d)

Green

28.

Which color has the least energy?

a)

Red

b)

Orange

c)

Yellow

d)

Green

29.

Which color has the most energy?

a)

Blue

b)

Indigo

c)

Violet

d)

Red

30.

Which color REFLECTS all colors?

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Red

d)

Transparent

31.

Which color ABSORBS all colors?

a)

Black

b)

White

c)

Red

d)

Opaque

32.

If you wore black in the summer, you would be:

a)

Hotter

b)

Colder

c)

Same temperature as any other color

33.

Lights that are closer to us appear to be

a)

Darker

b)

More yellow

c)

Brighter

d)

Smaller

34.

Light travels in

a)

Circles

b)

Zig Zags

c)

Random directions

d)

Straight lines

35.

Which object is ONLY visible because of reflection?

a)

Sun

b)

Lightning

c)

Moon

d)

A candle flame

36.

The intensity of a light raises the brightness?

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Different colors of light represent different amounts of

a)

Energy

b)

Absorption

c)

Reflection

d)

Temperatures