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Light Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A source of light, like a light bulb, ______ light.

a)

transmits

b)

emits

c)

luminous

d)

medium

2.

You can see an object when light is _____________ by your eye.

a)

reflected

b)

transmitted

c)

absorbed

d)

opaque

3.

Something that gives out light is _____________.

a)

non - luminous

b)

luminous

c)

translucent

d)

a light year

4.

Light travels in ____________ lines.

a)

bent

b)

curved

c)

spikey

d)

straight

5.

What can light travel through?

a)

vacuum

b)

medium

c)

wave

d)

people

6.

How fast does light travel?

a)

300 000 000 m/s

b)

340 000 m/s

c)

300 000 km/s

d)

300 000 000

7.

The ray that hits the mirror from your ray box is called the __________ ray.

a)

reflected

b)

incident

c)

normal

d)

angle

8.

The ray that reflects off the mirror is called the __________ ray.

a)

reflected

b)

virtual

c)

plane

d)

incident

9.

Reflection from a rough surface is called _______________.

a)

diffuse scattering

b)

reflection

c)

specular reflection

d)

refraction

10.

As the light leaves water, the direction it is travelling in changes direction. This is called ________________.

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

ray

d)

medium

11.

The lens in each of your eyes is a ______________.

a)

pupil

b)

focus

c)

lens

d)

convex

12.

The point where the rays cross is called the ___________ point.

a)

reflected

b)

focal

c)

absorbed

d)

shallow

13.

A muscle that controls the size of the eye?

a)

iris

b)

retina

c)

pupil

d)

brain

14.

The transparent outer part of your eye?

a)

optic nerve

b)

iris

c)

cornea

d)

retina

15.

The layer of light sensitive cells at the back of the eye?

a)

retina

b)

cornea

c)

iris

d)

pupil

16.

A paired sensory nerve that runs from each eye to the brain.

a)

iris

b)

retina

c)

optic nerve

d)

pupil

17.

You can use a ___________ to split white light in a spectrum.

a)

prism

b)

cube

c)

cat

d)

light metre

18.

Violet has a higher ______________ than red.

a)

filter

b)

pitch

c)

wavelength

d)

frequency

19.

This is NOT a primary colour of light.

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

green

d)

yellow

20.

This is NOT a secondary colour of light.

a)

blue

b)

yellow

c)

magenta

d)

cyan