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Optics Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

LIGHT IS A FORM OF

a)

SOUND

b)

ENERGY

c)

ILLUSIONS

d)

MOVEMENT

2.

LIGHT WAVES TRAVEL IN...

a)

ZIG ZAG LINES

b)

LOOP-DE-LOOPS

c)

WAVY LINES

d)

STRAIGHT LIGHTS

3.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN 2 CRESTS OR 2 TROUGHS IS CALLED...

a)

GAP

b)

WAVE SET

c)

BIG OLE GAPS

d)

WAVELENGTHS

4.

LIGHT WAVE LENGTHS AND FREQUENCIES ARE SHOWN ON THE...

a)

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

b)

EVAPORATED WAVE SPECTRUM

c)

ELEVATED FREQUENCY SPECTRUM

d)

ECCENTRIC LENGTH SPECTRUM

5.

WHICH TYPE OF MATERIAL WILL ALLOW LIGHT TO SHINE THROUGH COMPLETELY?

a)

TRANSPARENT MATERIAL

b)

TRANSLUCENT MATERIAL

c)

OPAQUE MATERIAL

6.

WHICH MATERIAL ALLOWS LIGHT TO FORM A COMPLETE SHADOW?

a)

TRANSPARENT MATERIAL

b)

TRANSLUCENT MATERIAL

c)

OPAQUE MATERIAL

7.

WHICH MATERIAL BLOCKS ALL LIGHT FROM SHING THROUGH

a)

TRANSPARENT MATERIAL

b)

TRANSLUCENT MATERIAL

c)

OPAQUE MATERIAL

8.

WHICH MATERIAL TRANSMITS, REFLECTS, AND ABSORBS LIGHT?

a)

TRANSPARENT MATERIAL

b)

TRANSLUCENT MATERIAL

c)

OPAQUE MATERIAL

9.

WHICH BEHAVIOUR OF LIGHT IS THE REASON WE CAN SEE ANYTHING?

a)

REFLECTION

b)

REFRACTION

c)

ABSORPTION

d)

TRANSMISSION

10.

DOES LIGHT REFLECT MORE OFF OF LIGHT COLOURED OR DARK COLOURED SURFACES

a)

LIGHT COLOURED

b)

DARK COLOURED

11.

TRUE OR FALSE: LIGHT BEHAVES RANDOMLY AND UNPREDICTABLY

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

WHAT DO WE CALL A DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS THE POSSIBLE PATHS OF LIGHT?

a)

WAVE DIAGRAM

b)

INCIDENT DIAGRAM

c)

REFLECTIVE DIAGRAM

d)

RAY DIAGRAM

13.

TRUE OR FALSE: THE 2 RAYS OF A RAY DIAGRAM ARE CALLED REFLECTED RAY AND INCIDENT RAY

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

WHICH RAY IS THE INCOMING RAY FROM A LIGHT SOURCE?

a)

REFLECTIVE RAY

b)

INCIDENT RAY

15.

WHEN LIGHT HITS A _____ SURFACE IS REFLECTS IN THE SAME DIRECITON IN A REGULAR PATTERN

a)

SMOOTH

b)

ROUGH

16.

A PLANE MIRROR IS AN EXAMPLE OF A _____ SURFACE

a)

SMOOTH

b)

ROUGH

17.

A ____ MIRROR CURVES INWARD

a)

PLANE

b)

CONVEX

c)

CONCAVE

18.

A ____ MIRROR CURVES OUTWARD

a)

PLANE

b)

CONVEX

c)

CONCAVE

19.

TRUE OR FALSE: CAR SIDEVIEW MIRRORS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF CONCAVE MIRRORS

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LIGHT REFLECTS OFF A ROUGH SURFACE?

a)

IT TRAVELS IN THE SAME DIRECTION

b)

IT SCATTERS

c)

IT DIES

d)

IT MOVES IN A REGULAR PATTERN

21.

______ is the bending of light when it travels from one medium to another

a)

REFLECTION

b)

REFRACTION

c)

ABSORPTION

d)

TRANSMISSION

22.

A MIRAGE IS AN EXAMPLE OF

a)

REFLECTION

b)

REFRACTION

c)

ABSORPTION

d)

TRANSMISSION