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Quiz 9: Light

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of light has the longest wavelength?

a)

Ultraviolet

b)

Infrared

c)

Radio waves

d)

Gamma rays

2.

What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

a)

300 meters per second

b)

300 kilometers per second

c)

300 million meters per second

d)

300 million kilometers per second

3.

Which type of light is used for cooking in a microwave oven?

a)

Infrared

b)

Ultraviolet

c)

Radio waves

d)

Microwaves

4.

What is the main topic of this lecture?

a)

Heat flow

b)

Sound waves

c)

Light

d)

Quantum mechanics

5.

Which type of light is harmful to humans?

a)

Infrared

b)

Visible light

c)

Ultraviolet

d)

Microwaves

6.

What is the main property of light waves?

a)

Longitudinal

b)

Transverse

c)

Electromagnetic

d)

Mechanical

7.

What is the term for the ability of light to pass through some materials and the path of the light bends?

a)

Transparency

b)

Opaqueness

c)

Reflection

d)

Refraction

8.

Which type of light is used for communication between a remote control and an electric device?

a)

Infrared

b)

Ultraviolet

c)

Radio waves

d)

Visible light

9.

Which type of light has the highest frequency?

a)

Ultraviolet

b)

Infrared

c)

Radio waves

d)

Gamma rays

10.

What is the term for the range of wavelengths (energies or frequencies) of light?

a)

Electromagnetic spectrum

b)

Visible spectrum

c)

Transverse wave

d)

Longitudinal wave

11.

Which type of light is used for AM and FM radio?

a)

Infrared

b)

Ultraviolet

c)

Radio waves

d)

Visible light

12.

Image formed by reflection from a plane mirror is

a)

real and inverted

b)

virtual and erect

c)

real and erect

d)

virtual and inverted

13.

A ray of light is travelling from a rarer medium to a denser medium. While entering the denser medium at the point of incidence, it

a)

does not enter at all

b)

goes straight into the second medium

c)

bends away from the normal

d)

bends towards the normal

14.

No matter how far you stand from a spherical mirror, your image appears erect. The mirror may be plane or convex mirror.

a)

True

b)

False

15.
A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-
a)
always travels in a straight line
b)
bends when it passes through water
c)
makes the water in the glass evaporate
d)
reflects the pencil on the water's surface
16.

The bouncing of light off an object

a)

basketball

b)

refraction

c)

reflection

d)

echo

17.
The pictures shows what a student observed when he looked through a hand lens at a penny.
What happens to light passing through a hand lens that makes the image of the penny appear larger? The light is-
a)
absorbed
b)
reflected
c)
refracted
d)
stopped
18.

Which of the following forms of EM waves have a HIGHER frequency than visible light? (select all that apply)

a)

microwaves

b)

gamma rays

c)

ultraviolet rays

d)

infrared light

e)

radio waves

19.

Which of the following frequencies of light has longest wavelength?

a)

red

b)

green

c)

blue

d)

yellow

e)

violet

20.

A white light is shined through a cyan filter, and then a yellow filter. What color will appear?

a)

blue

b)

green

c)

red

d)

black

21.

A magenta light and a green light are shined in the same space. What color will they form?

a)

Red

b)

Cyan

c)

Yellow

d)

Blue

e)

White

22.

Which of the following describes how we see an object outdoors?

a)

Light goes from our eyes, then bounces off an object, and reaches the sun

b)

Light goes from the sun, into our eyes, and then onto an object

c)

Light comes from the sun, bounces off an object, and then into our eyes

d)

Light travels from an object to the sun, and then into our eyes

23.

Why is the spectrum of light separated into its components of color when white light is directed to a prism?

a)

Because light reflects off the prism's surface

b)

The incident white light refracts and separates into its constituent colors

c)

The white light is absorbed by the prism, separating its colors

d)

The light speeds up as it moves from air into the denser plastic material

24.

these are examples of phenomenon of scattering of light except

a)

Sky appears blue at midday

b)

Sky appears reddish in the evening

c)

Rainbow after rain

25.

Why does scattering of light occur?

a)

Light rays are reflected by atmospheric molecules and scatter in all directions

b)

Light rays are blocked and refracted to all directions by the clouds or particles in the air

c)

Light rays are transmitted and refracted in all directions by the clouds or particles in the air