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Waves: Light and Color

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 32mins

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.
This color in the visible part of the spectrum has the highest energy.
a)
Blue
b)
Red
c)
Violet
d)
Yellow
3.
The frequency  _________ as we move from infrared light to gamma rays. 
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
doesn't change
4.
What are the three primary colors of light?
a)
Red, Green, Blue
b)
Green, Yellow, Blue
c)
Cyan, Magenta Yellow
d)
Cyan, Magenta, Black
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.
What kind of light is sunlight?
a)
White Light
b)
Infrared Light
c)
Yellow Light
d)
Red Light
10.

Difference between rods and cones. What is the first statement of the video clip?

a)

The retina is the inner layer contains three types of cells: rods, cones, and bipolar cells

b)

The rods are sensitive to intensity of light and cones sense colors.

c)

The highest concentration of cones is in the fovea centralis

d)

The nerve impulses are formed when light strikes the rods and cones

e)

The optic nerve connects to the brain

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.

A bundle of light energy is called a

a)

sound wave

b)

photon

c)

crest

13.

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

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which kind of bulb produces light through a thin wire filament?

a)

Incandescent

b)

Fluorescent

15.

A brick wall would be an example of an object that is

a)

translucent

b)

transparent

c)

opaque

16.

The light reflected by all the colors of the visible spectrum is called

a)

opaque

b)

white light

c)

laser

17.

An object that refracts whites light and separates the colors based on their frequencies is called

a)

a prism

b)

a light bulb

c)

a laser

18.

What are the 3 primary colors of light?

a)

red,yellow,orange

b)

red,blue,purple

c)

red,blue,green

19.

An apple appears red because

a)

red light is reflected

b)

all other colors are absorbed

c)

both statements are true

20.

The three primary pigments are

a)

red,blue,green

b)

yellow,magenta,cyan

c)

orange,magenta,blue

21.
What is light?
a)
A form of energy
b)
A form of sound
c)
bright stuff
d)
A form of excitement
22.

Why does a pencil look broken when you put it in a cup of water?

a)
It is being reflected.
b)
It is being refracted.
c)
It is broken.
d)
The colors are being separated.
23.
Which one is an example of light being reflected?
a)
Seeing yourself in a mirror
b)
Lighting a candle
24.
If you look at a yellow banana through a red filter, what color will the banana be?
a)
Red
b)
Yellow
c)
Blue
d)
Green
25.
Which color absorbs ALL colors?
a)
yellow
b)
white
c)
black
d)
red
26.
The bouncing of light off an object is ....
a)
a mirror
b)
absorption
c)
reflection
d)
refraction
27.
The taking in of light by a material....
a)
absorption
b)
reflection
c)
refraction
d)
dark colors
28.
Which color reflects the least light?
a)
Black
b)
White 
c)
Blue
d)
Red
29.
What percentage of colors makes white light?
a)
100% of red, green, and blue
b)
100% of red, blue, and yellow
c)
0% of red, green, and blue
d)
50% of all colors
30.
What two colors make purple?
a)
Red and White
b)
Red and Blue
c)
Red and Green
d)
Red and Black
31.
What is this a picture of?
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
32.

when red and blue are combined, they form

a)

yellow

b)

magenta

c)

cyan

d)

purple

33.

If red, green and blue are mixed together in equal parts, the formed color of light will be

a)

blue

b)

violet

c)

indigo

d)

white

34.

A red filter will absorb colors and only transmit

a)

white light

b)

black light

c)

red light

d)

no light

35.

A triangular piece of glass or plastic that bends light is called

a)

prism

b)

visible light

c)

primary colors

d)

pigments

36.

Tiny solid particles that provide color by absorbing wavelengths of ligth

a)

primary

b)

ultraviolet

c)

pigments

d)

secondary

37.

Which of the following is complementary colors?

a)

magenta + green

b)

magenta + blue

c)

red + blue

d)

cyan + green

38.

An orange shirt reflects

a)

blue

b)

orange

c)

yellow

d)

all colors

39.

Isaac Newton sent a narrow beam of white light through a prism. As a result, he observed the white light dispersing into

a)

the electromagnetic spectrum

b)

the primary colors

c)

the complimentary colors

d)

the visible spectrum of colors

40.

A red dress is red because

a)

red is absorbed by the dress

b)

red, orange and yellow are reflected by the dress

c)

red, orange, and yello areabsorbed by the dress

d)

all the colors of the spectrum are absorbed, except for red

41.

Whihc of the following set of colors are listed from high to low frequency

a)

green, blue, red

b)

red, green, blue

c)

blue, red, green

d)

blue, green, red

42.

The tendency of white light to spread out is called

a)

dispersion

b)

diffraction

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

43.
This color in the visible part of the spectrum has the lowest energy. 
a)
Blue
b)
Green
c)
Red
d)
Violet
44.
This color in the visible part of the spectrum has the highest energy.
a)
Blue
b)
Red
c)
Violet
d)
Yellow
45.
Radiowaves and Microwaves are on the  ___________ energy side of the EM spectrum and Ultraviolet and X-rays are on the _______ energy side of the EM spectrum. 
a)
high, low
b)
low, high
c)
high, medium
d)
low, medium
46.
How can light change speed?
a)
Light doesn't change speed
b)
Entering a different medium
47.
The frequency  _________ as we move from infrared light to gamma rays. 
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
doesn't change
48.

Wavelengths ____________ as we move down the ElectroMagnetic spectrum from Ultraviolet to Visible Light. 

a)
decrease
b)
increase
c)
doesn't change
49.
What are the three primary pigments?
a)
Red, Green, Blue
b)
Green, Yellow, Blue
c)
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
d)
Magenta, Yellow, Black
50.
What are the three secondary pigments?
a)
Red, Green, Blue
b)
Green, Yellow, Blue
c)
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
d)
Magenta, Yellow, Black
51.
If you see color values of R=255, G=255, B=255, what color will you be looking at?
a)
Blue
b)
Magenta 
c)
Black 
d)
White  
52.
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
53.
A blue pigment can be created by combining...
a)
Cyan and Yellow
b)
Cyan and Magenta
c)
Magenta and Yellow
d)
Cyan and Yellow
54.
Magenta and yellow combine to make what secondary color pigment?
a)
Red
b)
Green
c)
Blue
d)
Cyan
55.
When magenta, cyan and yellow pigments overlap, they will create what color?
a)
Red
b)
Blue
c)
White
d)
Black
56.

the highest point of the wave

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

57.

the height of a wave, the distance between the equilibrium point of a wave and the crest or trough

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

58.

the lowest point of the wave

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

59.

the number of waves that pass through a fixed point in a set time

a)

crest

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

60.

which color has the highest frequency and the shortest wavelength?

a)

red

b)

yellow

c)

green

d)

violet