WorksheetsCharacteristics of Light
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which part of the wave corresponds to the color of the light?
Frequency and wavelength
Amplitude and wave length
Amplitude
Energy
Which of the following is true about the intensity of light in the electromagnetic spectrum?
The higher the frequency, the higher the wavelength.
The higher the frequency, the lower the wavelength.
Its frequencies and wavelengths are all the same.
Its frequencies and wavelengths are not related to the intensity of each light.
________ is the only form of light that is visible to the human eye.
Ultraviolet waves
Gamma rays
Visible light
Microwaves
Which part of the wave correspond to the intensity and brightness of a light?
amplitude
frequency
wavelength
Wave speed
James Clark Maxwell is one of the physicists who discovered that light behaves like a/an _____________.
Electromagnetic radiation
Particle
Wave
All of the above
How does light travel in a different medium?
In a zigzag pattern.
In a straight line.
In a circular pattern.
It does not travel at all.
Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that behaves like a _________.
Particle
Wave
Both a particle and a wave
Neither a particle nor a wave
Light particle was described by Einstein as __________.
Molecules
Graviton
Photon
None of the above
What color does a material have if it absorbs red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, and violet colors of light?
Blue
White
Black
Green
It is a characteristic of light that can be measured in a rate at which energy is delivered to a surface.
Brightness
Color
Hue
Intensity
1. What is the color of visible light with the longest wavelength?
A. Blue
B. Red
C. Violet
D. Yellow
2. What is the color of visible light with the highest frequency?
A. Blue
B. Red
C. Violet
D. Yellow
3. Which of the following shows an increasing order of frequency in the visible spectrum?
A. blue, green, violet, indigo
B. green, blue, indigo, violet
C. indigo, violet, green, blue
D. violet, indigo, blue, green
4. What happens to the intensity of illumination as the square of the distance from the source of light increases?
A. decreases
B. increases
C. remains the same
D. cannot be determined
5. Which of the following is NOT an electromagnetic wave?
A. Infrared
B. Radio
C. Sound
D. X-ray
6. Which of the following electromagnetic waves (EM)has the highest frequency?
A. Gamma rays
B. Infrared radiation
C. Radio wave
D. Ultraviolet light
7. Light is an electromagnetic wave. Which characteristic is common in all electromagnetic waves in a vacuum?
A. Amplitude
B. Frequency
C. Speed
D. Wavelength
8. Which of the following is NOT true about the nature of light? Light is an/a_____.
A. electromagnetic wave
B. mixture of ROYGBIV colors of light
C. form of energy that travels in space
D. constant speed of 3x10^8 m/s in any medium
9. Which electromagnetic wave is used in a microscope?
A. Infrared radiation
B. Gamma rays
C. Ultraviolet light
D. Visible light
10. ROYGBIV is the basic component of white light. Among the colors below, which color of light carries the lowest energy?
A. Blue
B. Green
C. Orange
D. Red
