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Properties of Light

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What behavior of light is observed when light strikes a prism?

a)

transmission

b)

refraction

c)

dispersion/scattered

d)

all of them

2.

What is the true color of light?

a)

white

b)

black

c)

yellow

d)

ROY G BIV

3.

The straw appears to be broken when it passes through water in the glass, what behavior of light is this?

a)

Reflect

b)

Refract

c)

Absorb

d)

Diffuse

4.
What is light doing off this mirror?
a)
Reflecting
b)
Refracting
c)
Absorbing
d)
Scattering
5.

Light travels in straight lines until reflected by another object. Which illustration best shows the light being reflected?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

What behavior of light is demonstrated in the picture?

a)

absorption

b)

transmission

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

7.

Which diagram illustrates an object absorbing light?

a)

b)

c)

d)

8.

Which color reflects all the light?

a)

black

b)

orange

c)

green

d)

white

9.

Why is wearing black shirt on summer days not advisable?

a)

because it a reflects all the light energy back to the atmosphere

b)

because it absorbs all the light energy, thus keeping you feel hot

c)

because it absorbs only the ROY colors and reflects the BIV

d)

because it refracts all rhe colors

10.

What behavior of light is illustrated in this picture?

a)

transmission

b)

absorption

c)

refraction

d)

reflection

11.

Which of the following scientific reason why we see the color of an object?

a)

The color that is refracted is the color of the object?

b)

The color that is absorbed is the color of the object

c)

The color that is transmitted is the color of the object

d)

The color that is reflected is the color of the object

12.

If blue is reflected when light strikes an object, what color the object appears?

a)

green

b)

blue

c)

red

d)

white

13.

What color is reflected in this flower?

a)

red

b)

yellow

c)

black

d)

white

14.

What are the component colors of white light?

a)

ROY N. BIB

b)

YOY G. BIV

c)

ROY G. BIV

d)

ROY G. BIVE

15.

What happens to white light as it strikes the prism?

a)

scattered

b)

dispersed

c)

absorbed

d)

scattered or dispersed

16.

Is there transmission of light here?

a)

YES

b)

NO

c)

I cannot tell

d)

The picture is irrelevant to the question

17.

White light is refracted as it passes through the prism?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

Undecided

d)

both

18.

Color green is reflected making the leaf appear green to the eye, what colors are absorbed by the leaf?

a)

ROY B IV

b)

ROY BIV

c)

OY G BIV

d)

RO G BIV

19.

What color is reflected in your eyes when see number ''15'' from the picture?

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

green

d)

yellow

20.

What colors are absorbed by the black ball?

a)

ROY G. BIV

b)

OY G. BIV

c)

RO G. BIVE

d)

None of them

21.

What colors are absorbed by the white ball?

a)

ROY G. BIV

b)

OY G. BIV

c)

ROY BIV

d)

None

22.

What colors are absorbed by the red ball?

a)

ROY G. BIV

b)

OY G. BIV

c)

ROY BIV

d)

None

23.

What colors are reflected by the black ball?

a)

ROY G. BIV

b)

OY G. BIV

c)

ROY BIV

d)

None

24.

What type of lens makes this converging refraction possible

a)

concave lens

b)

convex lens

c)

flat lens

d)

I do not know

25.

What colors are reflected by the white ball?

a)

ROY G. BIV

b)

OY G. BIV

c)

ROY BIV

d)

None