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Light and Color

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This color in the visible part of the spectrum has the lowest energy. 
a)
Blue
b)
Green
c)
Red
d)
Violet
2.
What are the three primary colors of light?
a)
Red, Green, Blue
b)
Green, Yellow, Blue
c)
Cyan, Magenta Yellow
d)
Cyan, Magenta, Black
3.
The frequency  _________ as we move from infrared light to gamma rays. 
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
doesn't change
4.
This color in the visible part of the spectrum has the highest energy.
a)
Blue
b)
Red
c)
Violet
d)
Yellow
5.
What are the three secondary colors of light?
a)
Red, Green, Blue
b)
Green, Yellow, Blue
c)
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
d)
Magenta, Yellow, Black
6.

When the three primary colors mix they produce?

a)

Red, Green, Blue

b)

Black

c)

White

d)

Magenta, Yellow, Cyan

7.
When do you use the RGB (red, green, blue) system?
a)
Printing
b)
Painting
c)
Cell Phone screens
8.
A blue shirt looks blue because...
a)
it absorbs blue and reflects all the colors
b)
it reflects blue and absorbs all the other colors
c)
it absorbs cyan and reflects all the other colors
d)
it reflects cyan and absorbs all the other colors
9.
When magenta, cyan and yellow pigments overlap, they will create what color?
a)
Red
b)
Blue
c)
White
d)
Black
10.
What kind of light is sunlight?
a)
White Light
b)
Infrared Light
c)
Yellow Light
d)
Red Light
11.

A lightyear is:

a)

How much light the Sun gives off in one year.

b)

A year in which very little happens.

c)

The time it take light to travel the distance from the Sun to the Earth.

d)

The distance light travels in one year.

12.

Different colors of light correspond to different light:

a)

Wavelengths

b)

Intensities

c)

Amplitudes

d)

Velocities

13.

A shirt appears yellow under normal white light conditions. What color does it appear if illuminated with cyan light?

a)

Red

b)

Green

c)

Blue

d)

Yellow

e)

Black

14.

Complementary colors of light combine to give white light. Which one of the following pairs are complementary.

a)

Red and Cyan

b)

Green and Blue

c)

Cyan and Green

d)

Red and Blue

15.
What is the correct order of the colors of the rainbow?
a)
Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Indigo, Violet
b)
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
c)
Yellow, Orange, Red, Green, Blue, Violet, Indigo
16.
When light bounces off a smooth surface, this is known as which of the following?
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
absorption
d)
deflection
17.

Why does a banana look yellow?

a)

it reflects yellow wavelengths of light and absorbs most other wavelengths

b)

it absorbs yellow wavelengths of light and reflects most other wavelengths

18.

When you see the color black...

a)

All colors are reflecting

b)

All colors are absorbed

c)

The color blacl is reflecting

d)

the color black is absorbed

19.

Why does an apple look red?

a)

because it absorbs red light and reflects white light

b)

because it absorbs red light waves and reflects the others

c)

because it absorbs all colors of light

d)

because it reflects red light waves and absorbs the others

20.

What color of light do you get by combining red, green, and blue light?

a)

Black Light

b)

White Light

c)

Ultraviolet Light

d)

Infrared Light

21.

A bundle of light energy is called a

a)

sound wave

b)

photon

c)

crest

22.

True or False: Light contains properties of both waves and particles.

a)

True

b)

False