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SPEED & LIGHT

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what are the colours for the spectrum of white light?

a)

red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet

b)

red, orange, yellow, green, black and white

c)

white

d)

orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and violet

2.

what of the following objects reflect light?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

what is a source of light?

a)

A fire

b)

A laptop screen

c)

A light bulb

d)

The sun

4.

What does it mean when something is non-luminous?

a)

something you cant see

b)

something that gives out light

c)

something that does not give out light

d)

something you can see but you cant touch

5.

what do you call a region where no light falls.

a)

A blackhole

b)

A shadow

c)

Transparent

d)

A mirror

6.

What is speed?

a)

An area where no light falls

b)

The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

c)

An individual animal or a plant

d)

Speed is the distance travelled per unit of time. It is how fast an object is moving

7.

What is the formula for speed?

a)

distance ÷ time

b)

time x distance

c)

distance x speed

d)

speed ÷ time

8.

light can pass through a (a)   object

9.

A car travels a distance of 500 km in 10 hours. What is its speed in km/hr?

a)

100 km/hr

b)

50 km/hr

c)

10 km/hr

d)

55 km/hr

10.

Aman can run a distance of 100 m in 20 seconds. Find the speed of Aman in m/s.

a)

25 m/s

b)

15 m/s

c)

10 m/s

d)

5 m/s

11.

A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?

a)

3.55 km/hr

b)

7.2 km/hr

c)

14.4 km/hr

d)

6.5 km/hr

12.

A train takes 50 minute for a journey if it runs at 48 km/hr. The rate at which the train must run to reduce the time to 40 minutes will be

a)

50 km/hr

b)

55 km/hr

c)

60 km/hr

d)

57 km/hr

13.

Select the image that best describes the term refraction

a)
b)
c)
d)

none of the above

14.

What does it mean when something is translucent

a)

it does not let light through

b)

all light can pass through

c)

none of the answers are correct

d)

it allows some light to pass through it

15.

Select the speed camera

a)
b)
c)
d)

no answers are correct

16.

If it takes 3 hours to drive a distance of 192km on a motorway, what would be your average speed in km/h?

a)

the average speed is 64km per hour

b)

the average speed is 55km per hour

c)

the average speed is 92km per hour

d)

non of the options are correct

17.

light is a form of (a)   which lets us see