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Unit 9 Advanced Physics Test Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call a form of radiation that travels through the universe and are formed when an electric field couples with a magnetic field?

(a)  

2.

Which electromagnetic wave has the highest frequency?

a)

Microwave

b)

Infrared

c)

Visible light

d)

Gamma Rays

e)

Ultra violet light

3.

Which electromagnetic wave has the lowest frequency?

a)

X-ray

b)

microwaves

c)

visible light

d)

Radio & Television

4.

What color light has the lowest frequency?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Green

d)

Indigo

5.

TRUE OR FALSE: Electromagnetic fields require a medium.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

SOMETIMES

6.

What do you call something that gives off its own light?

(a)  

7.

What do you call something that reflects light?

(a)  

8.

What do you call something that light can't pass through?

(a)  

9.

What do you call something that light passes through, but the light is scattered?

(a)  

10.

What do you call the rate at which light is emitted and is measured in lumens?

(a)  

11.

What kind of wave is light?

(a)  

12.

Light waves travel through space at a velocity of...

a)

3 X 1017m/s

b)

3 X 108m/s

c)

3 X 10-7

d)

3 X 1018m/s

13.

What is the medium through which light will travel but sound will not travel?

a)

air

b)

glass

c)

vacuum

d)

water

e)

ice

14.

What do you call the rate in lumens at which light is emitted from a light bulb?

a)

luminous intensity

b)

illuminance

c)

luminous flux

d)

frequency

e)

the speed of light

15.

Air, water, and glass transmit light readily. Therefore, they are called...

a)

luminous

b)

opaque

c)

translucent

d)

transparent

16.

Materials that DO NOT allow any transmission of light are called...

a)

luminous

b)

opaque

c)

translucent

d)

transparent

17.

Considering the light that makes them visible to us, which of the following does not belong with the others?

a)

moon

b)

light bulb

c)

sun

d)

stars

e)

Earth

18.

If you know the wavelength, why are you able to determine the frequency of any form of electromagnetic radiation?

a)

Because all wavelengths travel at the same speed.

b)

Because the speed of light varies

c)

Because wavelength and frequency are equal.

19.

The modern view of the nature of light is that light...

a)

behaves like particles

b)

behaves like neither waves nor particles

c)

behaves like waves

d)

in some circumstances, behaves like waves and in other circumstances behaves like particles.

20.

If you move twice as far away from the light source, how does the illumination change ?

a)

1/8 of the original

b)

1/4 of the original

c)

1/2 of the original

d)

twice the original

21.

A light which is vibrating in one plane is referred to as being (a)   .

22.

The glare of light reflected from the surface of a level highway can be reduced most effectively by polarizing sunglasses in which the polarizing axis of each lens is at an angle to the road surface of...

a)

30º

b)

45º

c)

60º

d)

90º

e)

180º

23.

Which electromagnetic wave has the greatest amount of energy?

(a)  

24.

Which of the following causes the "glow" of certain colors in black light?

a)

photoelectrons

b)

water content

c)

bleach

d)

phosphors

e)

oxygen

25.

Which of the following has the LONGEST wavelength?

a)

Red light

b)

Violet light

c)

Blue light

d)

Green light

e)

Yellow light

26.

Which of the following is not a primary color of light?

a)

Red

b)

Green

c)

Yellow

d)

Blue

27.

What color do you see if you shine a red and green light onto a white screen?

(a)  

28.

If white light is shown on an object and all the blue and red light is absorbed, what color is the object?

(a)  

29.

If you mix cyan and magenta inks together, what other color must be added to obtain the color black?

(a)  

30.

If a red light is shining on a blue object, what color will the object appear to be?

a)

black

b)

white

c)

magenta

d)

red

31.

If a cyan light is shining on a magenta object, what color will the object appear to be?

a)

white

b)

red

c)

green

d)

blue

32.

What do you call energy emitted by electro-magnetic waves?

(a)  

33.

What is the unit for luminous flux?

a)

lf

b)

lm

c)

lx

d)

lum

34.

What is the unit for illuminance?

a)

il

b)

lm

c)

lx

d)

cd

35.

What is the unit for luminous intensity?

(a)  

36.

What is the unit for radiant energy?

(a)  

37.

What is the unit for wavlength?

(a)  

38.
What kind of waves can travel through space?
a)
electromagnetic waves
b)
compressional waves
c)
longitudinal waves
d)
sound waves
39.

a form of electromagnetic radiation that does NOT require a medium to pass through

a)

sound wave

b)

light wave

c)

transverse wave

d)

compressional wave

e)

longitudinal wave

40.

What is the variable for luminous flux?

(a)  

41.

What is the variable for Illuminance?

a)

F

b)

E

c)

I

d)

Er

e)

λ

42.

What is the variable for radiant energy?

a)

Er

b)

λ

c)

F

d)

Re

e)

E