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Pretest 5: Colors of Light

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which has the greatest energy among the colors in a rainbow?

a)

green

b)

orange

c)

red

d)

violet

2.

Among the following colors in a rainbow, which has the least energy?

a)

green

b)

red

c)

violet

d)

yellow

3.

Which property of light enables the formation of a rainbow?

a)

I and III

b)

II, III, and IV

c)

I, III and IV

d)

I, II, III, IV

4.

Red is the least bent among the seven colors because it has the ___________.

a)

lowest frequency

b)

highest frequency

c)

longest wavelength

d)

shortest wavelength

5.

What is the acronym used to remember visible light?

a)

DOGFOUND

b)

KTPERRY

c)

ROYGBIV

d)

ROMERO

6.

What is called the separation of white light into different colors as it passes through prism?

a)

color separation

b)

dispersion

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

7.

Which of the following orders of visible light colors shows increasing wavelength?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

8.

Why does white light separate into different colors as it passes through a prism?

a)

The colors are changed by addition.

b)

This is an example of color by subtraction.

c)

Different colored light has different wavelengths.

d)

The side part of a prism only let certain colors of light pass through.

9.

A second prism will change a spectrum back into white light. What does it show?

a)

Prism distort image.

b)

Prisms are transparent.

c)

Light travels at a constant speed.

d)

White light is composed of colors.

10.

Which of the following is true about the relationship between frequency and energy?

a)

The frequency of the color of light and energy are not related.

b)

As the frequency of the color of light increases, its energy decreases.

c)

As the frequency of the color of light decreases, the energy increases.

d)

As the frequency of the color of light increases, the energy also increases.

11.

Which color has the shortest wavelength?

a)

green

b)

red

c)

yellow

d)

violet

12.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

a)

Short wavelength corresponds to low frequency

b)

Frequency and wavelength are inversely related.

c)

High frequency light corresponds to short wavelength.

d)

Low frequency light corresponds to long wavelength.

13.

Based on the colors of light, what color comes between blue and violet?

a)

indigo

b)

green

c)

orange

d)

violet

14.

Which of the following colors of light bend the most?

a)

indigo

b)

green

c)

orange

d)

violet

15.

White light separated through a prism is an example of ___________.

a)

diffraction

b)

rarefaction

c)

reflection

d)

refraction