WorksheetsLight Waves
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following waves require a medium to travel?
UV Rays
Sound Waves
X-Rays
Visible Light
Which of the following waves has the highest amount of energy? (Hint: Higher frequency = higher energy)
X-rays
Radio Waves
Microwaves
UV rays
Which of the following has the longest wavelength?
Visible light
UV rays
Gamma rays
Radio waves
How fast does light travel in a vacuum?
300,000 m/s
2700 m/s
30,000 m/s
327 m/s
Timmy has tinted windows on his Ferrari, if you look into his car you cannot see a single thing. The windows are said to be
Translucent
Transparent
Dull
Opaque
The reason you see your glass of milk as white is because which of the following wavelengths of light are being reflected?
Red
Blue
Green
Yellow
Which part of the eye is responsible for refracting light into the eye?
Scelera
Pupil
Cornea
Fovea
Which part of the eye allows the pupil to close or open?
Ciliary muscles
Superior muscle
Iris
Aqueous humor
Which part of the eye contains specialized cells that send electrical signals off to the brain?
Retina
Optic disc
Fovea
Vitreous humor
If you had a damaged optic nerve how would this effect your vision?
Light would not enter the eye
The electrical signals will not reach the brain
There would be insufficient rods and cones
It leads to colorblindness
Which of the following are true of convex lenses?
Light rays bend toward each other
Light spreads apart
Makes objects look smaller
Makes objects look larger
Which of the following are true of concave lenses?
Lense curves outward
Makes objects look bigger
Light rays bend together
Light spreads apart
Where are you most safe from gamma radiation?
The surface of the moon
The surface of mars
Earth
Equally as protected
Which of the following has the shorter wavelength
Yellow
Blue
Red
Indigo
Which of the following can see UV rays
Butterflies
Frogs
Bees
Humans
Which of the following can see infrared light
Snakes
Bats
Frogs
Mosquitos
Which are the three wavelengths of light that the cones in our eyes can receive?
Blue, green, yellow
Red, green, yellow
Black, white, red
Blue, green, red
