Light and Color

Material in an object that selectively absorbs colored light is called a pigment.

• True
• False

Two colors of light that add together to form black light are called complementary colors.

• True
• False

The sky is blue because air molecules absorb blue light.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Some electrons in atoms vibrate at a characteristic frequency that produces white light.

• True
• False

According to Einstein, light consists of massless bundles of electromagnetic energy called photons.

• True
• False

Energy emitted by vibrating electric charges is carried by electromagnetic waves.

• True
• False

Materials that allow light to pass through them in straight lines are called opaque materials.

• True
• False

Light sometimes acts as a wave and sometimes as a particle.

• True
• False

The color of an object we see is determined by the 

• colors of light reflected by the object.
• frequencies of light absorbed by the object.
• colors of light shining on the object.
• all of the above

Sunlight contains all colors of light, but much of it is 

• orange
• red
• violet 
• yellow