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Intro to Light

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does light travel?

a)

backwards

b)

on a path

c)

in a straight path

d)

in space

2.

Light is a form of __________.

a)

ray

b)

people

c)

lines

d)

energy

3.

Light travels in a ______________ wave.

a)

straight

b)

transverse

c)

compression

d)

energy

4.

What is the highest point on a transverse wave?

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

wavelengnth

d)

frequency

5.

What is the lowest point of a wave?

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

wavelength

d)

frequency

6.

What is the straight line that represents the path of light?

a)

beam

b)

energy

c)

wavelength

d)

ray

7.

What is light referred to as?

a)

ray

b)

electric

c)

electromagnetic

d)

transverse

8.

What is the area within the electromagnetic spectrum that we see as light known as?

a)

red light

b)

white light

c)

violet light

d)

blue light

9.

Of the white or visible light what would have the longest wavelength?

a)

red

b)

yellow

c)

violet

d)

green

10.

Of the white or visible light was would have the shortest?

a)

red

b)

yellow

c)

violet

d)

green

11.

Visible/white light is a combination of several wavelengths of light traveling together, check which colors are represented in the wavelength.

a)

red, blue, magenta, orange, pink, violet

b)

red, orange, teal, purple, indigo, violet

c)

red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet

d)

red, blue, yellow, green, white, violet

12.

What absorbs visible/white light?

a)

black

b)

gray

c)

white

d)

red

13.

What is a reflection of all visible light together?

a)

black

b)

white

c)

red

d)

violet

14.

A radiowave has a ___________ frequency __________ wavelength.

a)

low, long

b)

low, short

c)

high, long

d)

high, short

15.

An gamma ray has _________ frequency and ___________ wavelength.

a)

low, long

b)

low, short

c)

high, long

d)

high, short