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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
Opaque means...
a)
No light passes through it
b)
All light passes through it
c)
Some light passes through it
4.
The color you see is the color that is ___.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
5.
_______________ light has the shortest wavelength.
a)
Violet
b)
Red
c)
Green
d)
Blue
6.
The primary colors of light are
a)
red, orange, green
b)
magenta, cyan, yellow
c)
red, blue, green
d)
blue, indigo, violet
7.
________________ materials allow light to pass through, but scatters it as well.
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opaque
8.
When a rainbow is formed outside naturally, what causes the light to refract?
a)
A. Small raindrops
b)
B. Sunlight rays
c)
C. Tiny mirrors
d)
D. Glass prisms
9.
Which term means to bounce off the surface of something?
a)
Refract
b)
Absorb
c)
Reflect
d)
prism
10.
Blurs light as it passes through
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opaque
d)
Refraction
11.
Allows most light through
a)
eflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Translucent
d)
Transparent
12.
Transfer of energy when a wave disappears into a surface
a)
Transparent
b)
Refraction
c)
Reflection
d)
Absorption
13.
White light is made up of _________________ colors.
a)
10
b)
3
c)
7
d)
70
14.
Which color absorbs all light?
a)
White
b)
Black
c)
Orange
d)
Green
15.
Which color reflects all light?
a)
White
b)
Black
c)
Orange
d)
Green
16.
Which of these causes the colors in a rainbow to separate?
a)
sunlight passing through raindrops
b)
strong winds
c)
Earth's gravity
d)
different colors of light going at different speeds
17.
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.
18.
What is most likely to happen to light that hits an opaque object?
a)
All of the light passes through the object.
b)
None of the light passes through the object.
c)
Most of the light disappears.
d)
Some of the light passes through the object.
19.
Which is translucent?
a)
tissue paper
b)
air
c)
wood
d)
clear plastic
20.
What is a property of a transparent object?
a)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it are scattered.
b)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it are absorbed.
c)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it are reflected.
d)
Almost all of the light rays that reach it pass through it.
21.
What is bioluminescence?
a)
the ability of living things to produce light
b)
the ability of nonliving things to produce light
c)
white light traveling through a vacuum
d)
light refracting through a prism
22.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast
23.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal
d)
transverse wave
24.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
25.
When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?
a)
The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
b)
The wavelength increases.
c)
The wavelength decreases.
d)
More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.
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