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WorksheetsWave Properties
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do you call bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary that does not absorb the entire wave’s energy.
a)
Transmission
b)
Refraction
c)
Reflection
d)
Absorption
2.
What do you call it when waves pass through a given point or medium.
a)
Transmission
b)
Refraction
c)
Reflection
d)
Absorption
3.
What do you call it when waves don't pass through a medium but are converted to thermal energy?
a)
Transmission
b)
Refraction
c)
Reflection
d)
Absorption
4.
What do you call it when light waves are transmitted through materials (may be clear or colored material such as filters) that allow most of the light that strikes them to pass through them. Water or glass windows
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opaque
5.
What do you call it when materials transmit some light, but cause it to be scattered so no clear image is seen. Frosted glass or stain glass
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opaque
6.
What do you call it when materials allow no light waves to be transmitted through them. Solid materials like a wall or floor
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opaque
7.
The color you see is the color that is ___.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
8.
Which images are opaque?
a)
A & C
b)
A,C,E, & F
c)
D, E, & F
d)
A & E
9.
Smooth surfaces _______ a lot of light.
a)
reflect
b)
bend
c)
absorb
d)
twist
10.
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
11.
Which tool can be used to separate white light into colors of the visible spectrum?
a)
prism
b)
wave
c)
lens
d)
mirror
12.
What do you call the the bending of waves caused by a change in their speed as they pass from one medium to another. The bending of light as it moves from one material to another is ---
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
translucent
d)
absorbed
13.
Does the scarf reflect or absorb yellow?
a)
Reflect
b)
Absorb
14.
Absorb or Reflect all colors?
a)
Absorb
b)
Reflect
15.
What do you call a tool that allows only certain colors of light to pass/transmit through them; they absorb or reflect all other colors. For example, a blue filter only transmits blue light. If the object is not blue it will look black to the viewer.
a)
prism
b)
color filter
c)
spectroscope
d)
magnetoscope
16.
A leaf is green, what does this tell you about the light that is being absorbed?
a)
no light is being absorbed
b)
green is being refracted and all the colors are being absorbed.
c)
green is being absorbed and all the other colors are reflected
d)
green is being reflected and all the other colors are being absorbed
17.
If a green shirt is in a room with only red lights on, will it still look green?
a)
yes, the shirt will appear green
b)
no, the shirt will appear red
c)
no, the shirt will appear black
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