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Waves 3 - Light and Color

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does light travel?

a)

Straight Line

b)

Curved

c)

In an L Shape

d)

Zig-Zag Line

2.

How do we see the color red? What is reflected? What is absorbed?

a)

Red light is reflected, and other colors are absorbed.

b)

All colors are reflected, and red is absorbed.

c)

Red light is absorbed, and other colors are reflected.

d)

No light is reflected or absorbed.

3.

The sun is a(n) ​ (a)   object while the moon is a(n)​ (b)   object​

Choose from the below words
luminous
illuminated
4.

Match the following terms:

opaque

produces its own light

illuminated

lit up by a light source

translucent

Forms no image

luminous

Forms a blurry image

transparent

Forms a clear image

5.

Which color has the shortest wavelength and highest frequency?

6.

Objects that do not allow light to pass through are called (a)  

Choose from the below words
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
7.

Light travels in a ​ (a)   line from its source. It will keep moving in a straight line until it ​ (b)   something and reflects off to it.

Choose from the below words
straight
hits
8.

Allows all light through

a)
eflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Translucent
d)
Transparent
9.
Things make shadows because they ______ light.
a)
BLOCK
b)
PASS
10.

In this photo, a person uses his hands to make a heart shadow on the ground. The shadow has the same shape as his hands because_________.

a)

light is refracted.

b)

light travels in a straight line.

c)

light passes through his hands.

d)

light bends as it moves through objects.

11.
These waves travel in a __________ line.
a)
jagged
b)
squiggly
c)
straight
d)
obstructive 
12.

In the case of a red apple, what colors are reflected? What colors are absorbed?

Categorize the following

red

orange

blue

green

yellow

indigo

violet

Reflected
Obsorbed
13.

​ (a)   objects allow ALL light to pass through.

​ (b)   objects allow SOME light to pass through.

​ (c)   objects allow NO light to pass through.

Choose from the below words
Translucent
Transparent
Opaque
14.

White light consists of

a)

None of the colors on the electromagnetic spectrum

b)

The primary colors only

c)

All of the colors on the electromagnetic spectrum

d)

yellow and blue only