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Light Review

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is faster?

a)

A Ferrari F8 Spider

b)

An Apache helicopter

c)

Light

d)

Sound

2.

Light always travels...

a)

By train

b)

In a straight line

c)

In a wavy line

d)

It does not move

3.

Objects, when considering their interaction with light, can be...

a)

Transparent, translucent or opaque

b)

Transparent, transport or translucent

c)

Translucent, refracting or opaque

d)

Opaque, transparent or reflecting

4.

We can see through a window beacuse it is...

(a)  

5.

Objects, when considering their interaction with light, can be...

a)

Transparent, translucent or opaque

b)

Transparent, transport or translucent

c)

Translucent, refracting or opaque

d)

Opaque, transparent or reflecting

6.

If an object lets some light pass through, but not all of it, it is...

(a)  

7.

When we look at an object, the color we see is the one...

a)

Absorbed by the object

b)

Reflected by the object

c)

We want to see

d)

Reflected by our eyes

8.

The difference in density between air and water makes light...

a)

Be absorbed

b)

Be reflected

c)

Be refracted

d)

Be blocked

9.

The difference in density between air and water makes light...

a)

Be absorbed

b)

Be reflected

c)

Be refracted

d)

Be blocked

10.

A mirror...

a)

Relfects all the light that hits it

b)

Refracts all the light that hits it

c)

Absorbs all the light that hits it

d)

Is a transparent object

11.

Reflection occurs when light...

a)

Hits an object and bounces in another direction

b)

Hits an object and is absorbed

c)

Hits an object and passes through it

d)

Hits and object and does not bounce at all

12.

What are the primary colors of pigment?

a)
Yellow, orange, green
b)

Red, blue, green

c)

cyan, magenta, yellow

d)
magenta, lemon-lime, chartruse
13.
The color you see is the color that is ___.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
14.
A leaf is green, what does this tell you about the light that is being absorbed?
a)
no light is being absorbed
b)
green is being refracted and all the colors are being absorbed.
c)
green is being absorbed and all the other colors are reflected
d)
green is being reflected and all the other colors are being absorbed
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 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

17.

Which one of these is a convex lens?

a)
b)
c)

None of the above

18.
What does it mean to reflect?
a)
bounce off
b)
bend
c)
refract
d)
energy
19.
Which color reflects all light?
a)
White
b)
Black
c)
Orange 
d)
Green
20.
Which color absorbs all light?
a)
White
b)
Black
c)
Orange
d)
Green
21.

Daphne has a ring that changes color in the sun. Which material should she use to block the sun from reaching her ring?

a)

Sandwich Bag

b)

Plastic Wrap

c)

Aluminum Foil

d)

Wax Paper

22.

Based on Aiyana's results which two materials are opaque?

a)

wood and frosted glass

b)

cardboard and wood

c)

frosted glass and notebook paper

d)

clear glass and glass of water

23.

What does it mean if an object is transparent?

a)

It's see-through

b)

It's light weight

c)

It's very strong

d)

It's long-lasting

24.

Based on the results above, what is the BEST conclusion Quasia can make?

a)

Light rays travel through liquid

b)

Light rays can't travel through some materials

c)

Clear glass and notebook paper are transparent

d)

The harder the material the less light passes through

25.

Which best describes how light passes through the materials in the picture above?

a)

plastic wrap is transparent, wax paper is opaque

b)

plastic wrap is transparent, wax paper is translucent

c)

plastic wrap is opaque, wax paper is translucent

d)

plastic wrap is translucent, wax paper is transparent

26.

A green house protect plants from weather and lets light in. What's the best type of material to make one?

a)

Transparent-allows some light through

b)

Transparent- allows most light through

c)

Translucent-allows most light through

d)

Translucent- allows some light through

27.

Which list correctly identifies each window as opaque, transparent or translucent?

a)

W-translucent X- transparent Y-opaque

b)

W-transparent X- opaque Y-translucent

c)

W-transparent X- translucent Y-opaque

d)

W-opaque X- translucent Y-transparent

28.

The picture show light shined on an object. The object is BEST described as what?

a)

Transparent

b)

Opaque

c)

Translucent

d)

Shimmery

29.

If Traten shines a flashlight through an opaque object, how much light should pass through?

a)

All the light should pass through

b)

Most of the light should pass through

c)

Half of the light should pass through

d)

None of the light should pass through

30.

Mirrors____ light.

a)

Refract

b)

Reflect

c)

Absorb

d)

Diffract

31.

If light strikes a plane mirror at a 45o angle, what angle will it reflect?

a)

145o

b)

90o

c)

45o

d)

180o

32.

Which type of mirror is curved outward?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

c)

Plane

33.

Which type of mirror is curved inward?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

c)

Plane

34.

Which type of mirror is flat?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

c)

Plane

35.

Which type of mirror is this?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

c)

Plane

36.

Which type of mirror is this?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

c)

Plane

37.

Which type of mirror is this?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

c)

Plane

38.

Lenses____ light.

a)

Refract

b)

Reflect

c)

Absorb

d)

Diffract

39.

As the light passes through this prism it is refracted. This means---

a)

It bounces back to make colors

b)

It is absorbed into the air

c)

It bends based on the color's wavelength

40.

Which type of lens is curved outward?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

41.

Which type of lens is curved inward?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

42.

Which type of lens is this?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

43.

Which type of lens is this?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

44.

Which type of lens is this?

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

45.

Which type of lens is this? (Curved outward)

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

46.

Which type of lens is this? (Curved inward)

a)

Concave

b)

Convex

47.

A visual representation of a light source

bouncing off of an object is known as;

a)

A photograph

b)

A reflection

c)

An image

d)

A picture

48.

The organized scattering of light waves

that provides us with a clear image is called;

a)

A refraction

b)

An image

c)

A picture

d)

A reflection

49.

The angle of an incoming light ray equals

the angle of the reflected light ray is known as;

a)

The law of refraction

b)

The law of reflection

c)

The law of

reaction

d)

The law of

intersections

50.

Curved mirrors can change the direction

and size of objects that are reflected

by them;

a)

True

b)

False

51.

The slowing down and bending of light as it passes

from one medium into another is known as;

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Echoes

d)

Imaging

52.

The main purpose of wearing

glasses is to get images;

a)

Refracted onto

your eyes

b)

Reflected onto

your eyes

c)

Focused onto

your eyes

53.

Which order is correct for the visible spectrum?

a)

red, orange, yellow, blue, green, violet

b)

orange, yellow, red, green, blue, violet

c)

red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet

d)

red, orange, yellow, green, violet, blue

54.

If a swan sees his face in a pond, what caused the mirror image?

a)

Refraction

b)

Translucent

c)

Reflection

d)

Transparent

55.

What happens when light bounces off a surface?

a)

The light is absorbed

b)

The light is reflected

c)

The light is refracted

d)

The light passes through

56.

What weather conditions must you have to see a rainbow?

a)

Rain and clouds

b)

Rain and sunlight

c)

Sunlight and clouds

d)

Clouds and storms

57.

White absorbs...

a)

all colors

b)

blue and violet

c)

no colors

d)

yellow and green

58.

You will be the hottest if you are wearing a ________ shirt.

a)

white

b)

yellow

c)

blue

d)

black

59.

What do we call material that scatters or absorbs most of the light that strikes it, making objects appear blurry when viewed through it?

a)

opaque

b)

translucent

c)

transparent

d)

transitional

60.

Light rays travel the best in a _________, a space that contains no matter.

a)

Box

b)

Troposphere

c)

Cave

d)

Vacuum

61.

Another theory of how light travels suggests that light moves as bundles of energy called ___.

a)

Decibels

b)

Radio Waves

c)

Photons

d)

Hertz

62.

When a living organism gives off light it is known as ______

a)

Light rays

b)

Laser

c)

Spectrum

d)

Bioluminescences

63.

A _____ lens curves outward (thicker in middle) and brings light rays together.

a)

Convex Lens

b)

Convex Mirror

c)

Concave Lens

d)

Concave Mirror

64.

Materials that reflect magenta, cyan, and yellow are said to contain _____

a)

Primary colors

b)

The spectrum

c)

The electromagnetic spectrum

d)

Primary pigments

65.

Red, green, and blue are considered to be _________

a)

Primary Colors of Pigments

b)

Primary Numbers

c)

Spectrum

d)

Primary Colors of Light