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PS Test 1 (8th) 21-22

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Light is a form of radiation

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is A in the graph?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

3.

What is B in the graph?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Amplitude

c)

Frequency

4.

Based on the picture, what is violet's wavelength?

a)

400 nm

b)

550 nm

c)

700 nm

5.

What are the waves humans cannot see?

a)

Visible Light

b)

Infrared Light

c)

None of the above

6.

Visible light is formed by

a)

7 "colors"

b)

a spectrum of colors between violet and red

c)

none of the above

7.

Explain the electromagnetic spectrum

4 lines
8.

What is a star?

a)

A huge sphere of glowing gas, made up mostly by hydrogen

b)

A small sphere of liquid, made up mostly by hydrogen

c)

A huge sphere of glowing gas, made up mostly by oxygen

9.

How do stars produce light?

a)

By reflecting light from other sources

b)

By burning the hydrogen that is inside them

c)

None of the above

10.

Stars can be classified by

a)

Polar and Non-Polar

b)

Color/Temperature, Size and Chemical Composition

c)

Color/Temperature, Size and Constellation

11.

The color of a star is related to its temperature

a)

the hotter the temperature, the more red the star becomes

b)

the hotter the temperature, the more blue the star becomes

c)

none of the above

12.

What is the average chemical composition of stars?

a)

73% hydrogen, 25% helium, 2% others

b)

73% helium, 25% hydrogen, 2% others

c)

73% others, 25% hydrogen, 2% helium

13.

What is the classification of the brightness of a star?

a)

Apparent, Absolute

b)

Existing, Non-existing

c)

none of the above