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Light and Color

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do we see objects as white?

a)

They absorb all light

b)

They reflect all light

c)

They absorb some light and reflect some light

d)

they transmit all light

2.

Opaque means...

a)

No light passes through it

b)

All light passes through it

c)

Some light passes through it

3.

Does the frog reflect or absorb green?

a)

Reflect

b)

Absorb

4.

Does the scarf reflect or absorb yellow?

a)

Reflect

b)

Absorb

5.

Which is transparent?

a)

a wooden fence

b)

clean water

c)

aluminum foil

d)

a purple balloon

6.

The order of the colors are: red, orange, yellow, green, ____, ____, and ____.

a)

blue, indigo, and violet

b)

blue, indigo, and purple

c)

purple, indigo, and violet

d)

indigo, blue, and violet

7.

What acts as a prisms when real rainbows are produced?

a)

water droplets

b)

clouds

c)

prisms

d)

fog

8.

What is a piece of glass that refracts light to form the visible light spectrum?

a)

prism

b)

transparent

c)

opaque

d)

diamond

9.

What is the absence of color?

a)

black

b)

white

c)

yellow

d)

blue

10.

A red object______________.

a)

reflects all colors

b)

reflects the colors red, blue, and green

c)

reflects no colors

d)

reflects the color red

11.

Which explains why the fork looks different under water?

a)

light can't pass through the glass

b)

the wavelength of light lengthens

c)

the amount of light increases when going through water

d)

light is refracted at an angle

12.

Smooth surfaces _______ a lot of light.

a)

reflect

b)

bend

c)

absorb

d)

twist

13.
Another name for light bending is ....
a)
Reflaction
b)
Absorbing
c)
Refraction
d)
mirror
14.

Refract or Reflect?

a)

Refract

b)

Reflect

15.

Refract or Reflect?

a)

Refract

b)

Reflect

16.

Refract or Reflect?

a)

Refract

b)

Reflect

17.

Absorb or Reflect all colors?

a)

Absorb

b)

Reflect

18.

Absorb or Reflect all colors?

a)

Absorb

b)

Reflect

19.

What does it mean to refract?

a)

bounce off

b)

to bend

c)

curve outward

d)

reflect

20.

What happens when light hits a mirror?

a)

it makes a color

b)

it reflects

c)

it makes a rainbow

d)

it passes through

21.

How does light travel?

a)

in a wavy path

b)

in a straight path

c)

in a zig zag path

d)

in all different directions

22.

Why do we see objects as black?

a)

They absorb all the light

b)

They reflect all the light

c)

They absorb some light and reflect

23.

What separates white light into different colors?

a)

transmission

b)

absorption

c)

scattering

d)

refraction

24.

When light bounces back it is _____

a)

Reflected

b)

Refracted

c)

Absorbed

d)

Optical Density

25.

What kind of light is sunlight?

a)

White Light

b)

Infrared Light

c)

Yellow Light

d)

Red Light

26.

What is the band of colors that make up white light?

a)

visible spectrum

b)

rainbow

c)

white light

d)

electromagnetic spectrum

27.

The color you see is the color that is ___.

a)

reflected

b)

absorbed

28.

Translucent

a)

to bend light waves

b)

a material that allows some light to pass through it

c)

a form of energy that you can see

d)

a material that allows light to pass through it

29.

Opaque

a)

to bend light waves

b)

A material that does not allow light to pass through it

30.

Transparent

a)

A material that allows some light to pass through it

b)

a material that allows light to pass through it

31.

Which of the following materials are translucent?

a)

a desk

b)

a baseball

c)

a doll

d)

a piece of tissue paper

32.

What do you get if you combine all of the colors in visible light?

a)

bright light

b)

white light

c)

brilliant light

d)

neon light

33.

Which material is transparent?

a)

clear glass

b)

frosted glass

c)

white plastic

d)

mirror

34.

A yellow shirt

a)

produces yellow light

b)

refracts yellow light

c)

absorbs yellow light

d)

reflects yellow light

35.

Ralph wants to make a small object look larger. Which of these should he use?

a)

lens

b)

prism

c)

white light

d)

colored light

36.

Stained glass, wax paper, shower door, tissue paper are

a)

translucent

b)

refractive

c)

transparent

d)

opaque

37.

What happens to blue light when it hits a shirt that appears blue?

a)

The light is reflected.

b)

The light is absorbed.

c)

The light is refracted.

d)

The light is blocked.

38.

You can see through water because ---

a)

it's opaque

b)

it's translucent

c)

it's transparent

d)

it's wet

39.

The bending of light as it moves from one material to another is ---

a)

refraction

b)

reflection

c)

translucent

d)

absorbed

40.

Wax paper is ---

a)

opaque

b)

translucent

c)

transparent

41.

_________________ is the transparent front surface of the eye

a)

Pupil

b)

Cornea

c)

Lens

d)

Iris

42.

____________________ is the hole through which light enters the eye.

a)

Cornea

b)

Iris

c)

Retina

d)

Pupil

43.

What is the short, thick nerve through which signals travel to the brain from the eye?

a)

Lens

b)

Retina

c)

Optic Nerve

d)

Cornea

44.

_____ is a lens that is thicker in the middle and makes an object appear bigger.

a)

prism

b)

convex lens

c)

concave lens

d)

mirror

45.

What kind of lens is shown?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

Convex

c)

Specular

Concord

d)

Diffuse

Plane

46.

Which part of the eye opens in dark places and closes in bright places?

a)

Cornea

b)

Retina

c)

Pupil

d)

Lens

47.

Which part of the eye is the place where images are inverted?

a)

Retina

b)

Cornea

c)

Lens

d)

Iris

48.
This part protects the eye, especially the iris, pupil and lens.
a)
rods
b)
cornea
c)
optic nerve
d)
retina
49.
This part of the eye focuses light/images onto the retina.
a)
lens
b)
cornea
c)
cones
d)
vitreous humor
50.
This part of the eye allows light into the eye.  
a)
pupil
b)
optic nerve
c)
sclera
d)
lens
51.
This part of the eye sends messages to the brain
a)
rods
b)
retina
c)
optic nerve
d)
cones
52.

When you enter a dark room, what does the pupil do

a)

get larger

b)

get smaller

53.
This is a layer of white tissue, made of muscle on the outside of the eye is called:
a)
vitreous humor
b)
cornea
c)
sclera
d)
rods and cones