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Light Chapter 14 L 9 & 10

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _______________ determines the color of visible light.

a)

wavelength

b)

speed

c)

amplitude

d)

light

2.
We remember the order of the colors from longest to shortest wavelength by saying 
a)
ROY G BIV
b)
BIV G ROY
c)
REDORANGEYELLOWDUDE 
d)
INDIGOBLUEVIOLETGUY 
3.

What breaks white light into the visible spectrum?

a)

spectroscope

b)

periscope

c)

microscope

d)

telescope

4.

Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the lowest frequency/energy?

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

Radio Waves

c)

Visible Light

d)

Infrared rays

5.
Which has the SHORTEST wavelength and, therefore, the highest frequency/most energy
a)
Radio waves
b)
Ultraviolet Rays
c)
Gamma Rays
d)
X-rays
6.
Which section of the spectrum is the ONLY one we can see?
a)
X-rays
b)
Visible Light
c)
Gamma Rays
d)
Ultraviolet Rays
7.

Light is _________ energy.

a)

longitudinal

b)

electromagnetic

c)

sound

d)

compressional

8.
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
9.

When light passes through a prism the light is bent and breaks into the visible spectrum. What color bends the most and has the shortest wavelength?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Blue

d)

Violet

10.
The color you see is the color that is ___.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
11.

What is a band of color in a rainbow, or from a light passing through a prism?

a)

Spectrum

b)

Space

c)

Prism

d)

Refraction

12.

What do we call this tool that separates white light into the colors of the visible spectrum?

a)

tuning fork

b)

prism

c)

microscope

d)

graduated cylinder

13.

If we see green, what does this mean?

a)

Green would be reflected, and all other colors would be absorbed.

b)

Green would be absorbed, and all other colors would be reflected.

14.

An object that absorbs every color appears black and converts light energy into __________ energy.

a)

heat

b)

cold

c)

color

d)

ROYGBIV

15.

What are the three primary colors of light?

a)

Red,Yellow,Blue

b)

Red,Green,Yellow

c)

Red,Green,Blue

d)

Yellow,Blue,Green

16.

Select the correct order of waves on the Electromagnetic Spectrum.

a)

Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

b)

Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio

c)

Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio

d)

Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

17.

The lowest part of the wave is called the -

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

rarefaction

d)

wavelength

18.
The highest point on a wave
a)
trough
b)
amplitude
c)
crest
d)
wavelength
19.

Wave height

a)

frequency

b)

wavelength

c)

amplitude

d)

wave speed

20.

The distance between 2 crests or troughs

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

frequency

d)

wave speed

21.

What type of light is "narrow" and "direct"?

a)

rainbow

b)

laser

c)

sunlight

d)

reflected

22.

What does LASER stand for?

a)

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of

Radiation

b)

Light Applied Scientifically to Super Rangers

23.

Which is NOT a way we can separate colors of the spectrum?

a)

soap bubbles

b)

laser beams

c)

prisms

d)

raindrops

24.

How fast does light travel?

a)

300,000,000 m/s

b)

5000 m/s

c)

3 m/s

d)

5,000,000 km/s

25.

The speed of light NEVER changes depending on the medium it's traveling through.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Light can travel through (choose all that apply):

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

vacuums

27.

How is light different than sound? Choose all that apply.

a)

Light is a form of energy.

b)

Light can travel through a vacuum.

c)

Light is faster than sound.

d)

Light is a transverse wave.

28.
Light behaves like both a particle and a ______.
a)
Mass
b)
Wave
c)
Current
29.
What particles make up light?
a)
Photons
b)
Neutrons
c)
Protons
30.

What famous scientist first developed the concept of the photon?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Socrates

c)

Mr. Keister

31.

Which theory of light says that light is made up of tiny particles called photons?

a)

Wave Theory of Light

b)

Photon Theory of Light

c)

Particle Theory of Light

d)

Electromagnetic Theory of Light

32.

Light, or “white light”, is made up of all the primary colors of light.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

I was a famous scientist, mathematician and physicist, and the first scientist to split white light into the visible spectrum using a prism.

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Anton von Leewenhoek

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Sir Isaac Newton

34.

I made the first “simple” microscope and studied tiny little animals called “animalcules”.

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Anton von Leewenhoek

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Sir Isaac Newton

35.

I first used a compound microscope to study cells.

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Galileo Galilei

36.

I first studied sunlight through a telescope.

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Robert Hooke

d)

Mr. Leighton

37.

Which theory of light says that light travels in a series of waves?

a)

Particle Theory of Light

b)

Wave Theory of Light