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CHAPTER 8: LIGHT AND OPTIC

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
If you had a Yellow light with a Magenta filter, what color light would you have after the filter.
a)
Red
b)
Blue 
c)
Green
d)
Cyan
2.
A red bird appears red because it REFLECTS what color
a)
Magenta
b)
Red
c)
Cyan
d)
Doesn't reflect any light
3.
This is an example of...
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Polarization
d)
Spectrum
4.

Refraction

a)

When energy is absorbed

b)

Occurs when energy is absorbed

c)

Occurs when energy waves travel through substance

d)

When light hits a substance

5.
What three things may happen to light that strikes an object? 
a)
The light may be reflected, transmitted or absorbed.
b)
The light may be reflected and refracted.
c)
The light may be absorbed and transmitted.
6.

What are the primary colors of the pigment?

a)

cyan, yellow and magenta

b)

Red, green and blue

c)

black and white

7.
An actorś red shirt and blue pants both appear black. What color is the stage light shining on the actor?
a)
Blue 
b)
Red
c)
Magenta
d)
Green
8.
Which pairs of colors of pigment combine to make black?
a)
green and magenta
b)
red and cyan
c)
yellow and blue
d)
All of the above
9.
A plane mirror produces a/an 
a)
a small, real image
b)
a large, real image
c)
 a small, virtual image
d)
a same sized, virtual image
10.
A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-
a)
always travels in a straight line
b)
bends when it passes through water
c)
makes the water in the glass evaporate
d)
reflects the pencil on the water's surface
11.
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
12.
What is the difference between reflection and refraction? 
a)
Both involve light bending through a medium
b)
Reflection is light bouncing off a medium's surface and refraction is light bending through a medium
c)
Reflection is light bending through a medium's surface and refraction is light bouncing off a medium
d)
Refraction is light being absorbed in a medium and reflection is light being bent through a different medium
13.
Light travels at 300,000,000 m/s.  Based on the picture, what material option below does light travel the slowest in? 
a)
Vacuum of space
b)
Air
c)
Ice
d)
Lucite
14.
The picture shows how we view our sky as blue.  This occurs due to ________. 
a)
the scattering of white light
b)
light being refracted by our atmosphere
c)
sunlight being blue
d)
the dispersion of white light
15.
Which of the following is TRUE about the picture? 
a)
The straws appear bent due to reflection of light
b)
The liquid in the containers have different refractive indices
c)
The straws appear identical due to having similar n-values
d)
Light is refracted at the same angles in the liquid containers
16.

What type of lens creates the image seen in the eyeglasses?

a)

convex

b)

concave

c)

reflection

d)

plane

17.

Which of the following involves the application of plane mirror?

a)

Make up mirror

b)

Magnifying glass

c)

Car's side view

d)

Kaleidoscope

18.

Light refracted __________ normal when move from more dense to less dense mediums.

a)

away from

b)

towards

19.

Lights does not refracted when angle of incident is _______ to ______.

a)

equal, 90o

b)

equal, 45o

c)

not equal, 90o

d)

not equal, 45o

20.

Which phenomenon shows the effect of light dispersion?

a)

The blue sky

b)

The stage lighting

c)

Formation of rainbow

d)

The red sunset