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WorksheetsProperties of Light (QSTSS Chapter 6.1)
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which explains why the fork looks different under water?
a)
light can't pass through the glass
b)
the wavelength of light lengthens
c)
the amount of light increases when going through water
d)
light is refracted at an angle
2.
What is the name of the energy that comes from the sun?
a)
Electromagnetic Radiation
b)
Electromagnetic Conduction
c)
Electromagnetic Convection
d)
Magnelectric Radiation
3.
Besides visible light and heat, what are some other things the Sun sends to Earth?
a)
Gravity, Friction, and Speed
b)
Magnetism, Gravity, and Friction
c)
X-rays, Microwaves, and Radio Waves
d)
Land, water, and ice
4.
Light is predictable because it will always travel in a _________ line.
a)
Curvy
b)
Straight
c)
Backwards
d)
Crazy
5.
What types of matter can light travel through?
a)
Some solids, liquids, gases and all empty space (vacuum)
b)
All solids, liquids, gases, and empty space (vacuum)
c)
Some solids, liquids, and gases
d)
Only empty space (vacuum)
6.
What does light do when it hits a smooth, flat surface?
a)
Reflect
b)
Refract
c)
Absorb
d)
Diffuse
7.
What does light do when it hits an object that it cannot pass through?
a)
It creates a shadow
b)
It passes through anyway
8.
If light passes through two different types of matter, it will do what?
a)
Reflect
b)
Refract
c)
Absorb
d)
Diffuse
9.
Why does the pencil look broken?
a)
Light is refracting
b)
Light is reflecting
c)
Light is absorbing
d)
Light is diffusing
10.
What is light doing off this mirror?
a)
Reflecting
b)
Refracting
c)
Absorbing
d)
Scattering
11.
The visible form of electromagnetic spectrum is called
a)
Light
b)
Sound
c)
Waves
d)
Rays
12.
Light moves away from sources, in all directions in straight lines called rays
a)
Light
b)
Sound
c)
Waves
d)
Rays
13.
Light waves cannot bend around objects. These objects block the rays and cause......
a)
Shadows
b)
Natural Light
c)
Artificial Light
d)
Color
14.
What word best describes what is happening at letter A
a)
Wavelength
b)
Amplitude
c)
Crest
d)
Trough
15.
What word best describes what is happening at letter B
a)
Wavelength
b)
Amplitude
c)
Crest
d)
Trough
16.
What word best describes what is happening at letter C
a)
Wavelength
b)
Amplitude
c)
Crest
d)
Trough
17.
What word best describes what is happening at letter D (unlabeled)
a)
Wavelength
b)
Amplitude
c)
Crest
d)
Trough
18.
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
19.
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
20.
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
21.
Things make shadows because they ______ light.
a)
BLOCK
b)
PASS
c)
ABSORB
d)
REFLECT
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