WorksheetsPentathlon: Light: Important People
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following people created a series of equations that describe the behavior of electromagnetic waves?
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Rene Descartes
James Maxwell
Before the 1600's scientists believed that light was transmitted_____________________.
Instantaneously
through a vacuum
by mass
over a long period of time
Ole Romer was studying _______________ when made an important observation regarding light.
the sun's rays
the moons of Jupiter
the Moon
plants
Which scientists first used an experiment to determine the speed of light in which participants used covered lanterns that they uncovered when they saw the light from the other lantern?
Galileo Galilei
Ole Romer
James Clerk Maxwell
Johannes Kepler
Which of the following scientists conducted an experiment to determine the speed of light involving a cogwheel and a mirror?
Albert Michelson
Hippolyte Fizeau
Ole Romer
Rene Descartes
Which of the following is the most accurate measurement of the speed of light that we use today?
220,000,000 m/s
313,000,000 m/s
299,774,000 m/s
299,792,458 m/s
Which of the following scientists conducted an experiment to determine the speed of light that replaced the cogwheel with a rotating mirror?
Rene Descartes
James Clerk Maxwell
Ole Romer
Leon Faucault
Who was responsible for creating this illustration to demonstrate their observations of the speed of light?
Ole Romer
Johannes Kepler
Hippolyte Fizeau
Leon Faucault
Which of the following was from Scotland?
Johannes Kepler
James Clerk Maxwell
Ole Romer
Galileo Galilei
In this illustration, what object is at point B?
The Earth
The Sun
Jupiter's moon, Io
Jupiter
Which points on this illustration signify the eclipsing of Jupiter's moon, Io?
A and B
F and K
C and D
E and H
Which of the following was a Danish astronomer?
Albert Michelson
James Clerk Maxwell
Ole Romer
Hyppolyte Fizeau
Electromagnetic waves never ______________ or _____________.
slow down, speed up
bend, reflect
move through a vacuum, carry energy
penetrate glass, travel through water
Who of the following presented a paper to the Royal Society in 1864 that predicted the existence of electromagnetic waves?
Johannes Kepler
Ole Romer
Albert Michelson
James Clerk Maxwell
Which of the following gentlemen was the first to make a quantitative calculation for the speed of light?
Ole Romer
Galileo Galilei
Rene Descartes
Leon Faucault
