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Rays and Waves

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is shown in the diagram?

a)

Diffuse Reflection

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Absorption

d)

Regular Reflection

2.

What is a feature of light?

a)

Light is a form of radiation

b)

Light travels not in straight lines

c)

Light is the slowest thing there is

d)

Light cannot travel through vacuum

3.

If a narrow beam of white light is passed through a prism, it splits into a range of colours called a spectrum. What is the effect called?

a)

Reflection

b)

Deviation

c)

Dispersion

d)

All of the above

4.

What is shown in the diagram?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Compression

5.

Which statement is correct?

a)

Microwave radiation has lower frequencies and longer wavelengths than visible light.

b)

Total reflection happens when the critical angle is bigger than the angle of incidence.

c)

The bending effect is not called refraction

d)

Speed of light is 100000 kilometres per second

6.

Put the following in the order of wavelength, starting with the longest

a)

Ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays

b)

X-rays, gamma rays, Ultraviolet

c)

Gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet

d)

Ultraviolet, light, infrared

7.

Which row shows the natures of light waves, sound waves and X-rays?

a)

longitudinal longitudinal transverse

b)

longitudinal transverse longitudinal

c)

transverse longitudinal transverse

d)

transverse transverse transverse

8.

Choose the correct statement

a)

Angle of incidence is the angle between the refracted ray and the normal

b)

Angle of refraction is the angle between the refracted ray and the incident ray

c)

Angle of refraction is the angle between the refracted ray and the normal

d)

Optical fibres are not flexible rods

9.

Visible light has a frequency of approximately 5.0 × 1014Hz. M and N are two other types of electromagnetic radiation. The frequency of M is 5.0 × 106Hz. The frequency of N is 5.0 × 1015Hz. Which types of radiation are M and N?

a)

radio waves infra-red

b)

radio waves ultraviolet

c)

ultraviolet X-rays

d)

X-rays infra-red

10.

Which objects are non-luminous?

a)

Sun

b)

Stars

c)

Light bulb

d)

Paper

11.

Which objects are luminous?

a)

Sun, Stars, Light bulb

b)

Paper, Copybook

c)

Sun, Stars, Glass

d)

Window, Sun

12.
a)

Converging lens

b)

Concave lens

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

13.

Describe the image

a)

real, inverted, larger than object

b)

real, inverted, smaller than object

c)

virtual, inverted, larger than the object

d)

virtual, upright, smaller than object

14.

Describe the image

a)

Virtual, inverted, smaller than object

b)

Virtual, Upright, Smaller than object

c)

Virtual, upright, larger than object

d)

None of the above

15.

Which colour is deviated most by the prism?

a)

Violet

b)

Blue

c)

Red

d)

Yellow

16.

Which colour is deviated least by the prism?

a)

Red

b)

Violet

c)

Yellow

d)

Blue

17.

Light behaves like both a particle and a

a)

Wave

b)

Mass

c)

Current

d)

Field

18.

What particles make up light?

a)

Photons

b)

Neutrons

c)

Electrons

d)

Quarks

19.

Which of the following is the best example of specular reflection?

a)

Mirror

b)

Chair

c)

Paper

d)

Physics book

20.

Does light travel faster in vacuum or in water?

a)

Water

b)

Vacuum

c)

Both