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Light: Color, Intensity, Shadows, & Polarization

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the three primary colors of light?
a)
Red, Green, Blue
b)
Green, Yellow, Blue
c)
Cyan, Magenta Yellow
d)
Cyan, Magenta, Black
2.
What are the three secondary colors of light?
a)
Red, Green, Blue
b)
Green, Yellow, Blue
c)
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
d)
Magenta, Yellow, Black
3.

When the three primary colors mix they produce?

a)

Red, Green, Blue

b)

Black

c)

White

d)

Magenta, Yellow, Cyan

4.

As one approaches (gets closer) to a light bulb, the brightness of the bulb....

a)

Increases (brighter)

b)

Decreases

c)

Stays the same

d)

Changes in some unknown way

5.

A student stands 10 feet away from a light bulb. The student walks toward the light bulb to a 5 feet distance. Which is true? Intensity = 1 / d2

a)

The bulb appears 2x's brighter

b)

The bulb appears 4x's brighter

c)

The bulb appears 5x's brighter

d)

The bulb appears 25x's brighter

6.

What color has a longer wavelength?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Blue

d)

Violet

7.

What color has the highest frequency?

a)

violet

b)

red

c)

blue

d)

green

8.

Light always travels in a .........................line.

a)

straight

b)

curved

c)

elliptical

d)

none

9.

A microwave oven emits radiation at a wavelength of 0.050 m. What is the frequency of this radiation?

a)

6.67 x 107 Hz

b)

2.00 Hz

c)

1.50 x 106 Hz

d)

6.00 x 109 Hz

10.
Red objects appear 'red' because:
a)
red objects are made from red materials
b)
red objects absorb red light
c)
red objects absorb all other colour except red light
d)
red objects don't reflect any light
11.
What is the speed of light in a vacumn?
a)
300,000,000 m/s
b)
3,000,000 m/s
c)
3,000 m/s
d)
300 m/s
12.
Ultraviolet light waves are responsible for causing
a)
heat strokes
b)
blue skies
c)
interference of radio waves
d)
sunburns
13.

Why does a banana look yellow?

a)

it reflects yellow wavelengths of light and absorbs most other wavelengths

b)

it absorbs yellow wavelengths of light and reflects most other wavelengths

14.

what is the correct order of the visible light spectrum?

a)

red, yellow, green, orange, blue, violet and indigo

b)

indigo, blue, violet, orange, yellow, green and red

c)

violet, blue, indigo, green, yellow, orange and red

d)

red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet

15.
Which type of light has the highest energy of this group?
a)
red
b)
yellow
c)
green
d)
blue
16.
Which type of light has the smallest frequency of this group?
a)
red
b)
yellow
c)
green
d)
blue
17.
Things make shadows because they ______ light.
a)
BLOCK
b)
PASS
18.

The darkest part of a shadow is called the...

a)

shadow

b)

umbra

c)

penumbra

d)

pentagram

19.
This color in the visible part of the spectrum has the lowest energy. 
a)
Blue
b)
Green
c)
Red
d)
Violet
20.
This color in the visible part of the spectrum has the highest energy.
a)
Blue
b)
Red
c)
Violet
d)
Yellow