Physics - Light and Color

A lightyear is:

• How much light the Sun gives off in one year.

• A year in which very little happens.

• The time it take light to travel the distance from the Sun to the Earth.

• The distance light travels in one year.

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The speed of light is:

• 300,000 km/sec

• 343 m/s

• 3.00e10 m/s

• 3,000,000 m/s

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Which electromagnetic wave has the highest ENERGY?

• Sound

• Microwaves

• X Rays

• Gamma radiation

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Which Scientist used v = d/t to determine the speed of light?

• Michelson

• Einstein

• Doppler

• Wiener

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Light that is reflected off a horizontal surface is:

• Polarized Horizontally

• Polarized Vertically

• Polarized both Horizontally and Vertically

• Not polarized at all.

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What is the ultimate source of electromagnetic waves?

• T.V. Antennas

• E.T. (Extra-Terrestrials)

• Vibrating Charged Particles

• Radios

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Different colors of light correspond to different light:

• Wavelengths

• Intensities

• Amplitudes

• Velocities

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A shirt appears yellow under normal white light conditions. What color does it appear if illuminated with cyan light?

• Red

• Green

• Blue

• Yellow

• Black

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Complementary colors of light combine to give white light. Which one of the following pairs are complementary.

• Red and Cyan

• Green and Blue

• Cyan and Green

• Red and Blue

Choose the BEST answer. In preparation for the quiz I should:

• Read Chapter 27 (Light) and Chapter 28 (Color)

• Study Chapter 27 (Light) and Chapter 28 (Color)

• Neither Read nor Study Chapter 27 (Light) and Chapter 28 (Color)

• Read AND Study Chapter 27 (Light) and Chapter 28 (Color)

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