Various Light Phenomena

1. 1. What can be said of the image formed in a convex?

• A. Virtual, upright, and larger than the object

• B. Virtual, inverted, and larger than the object

• C. Virtual, upright and smaller than the object

• D. Virtual, inverted, and smaller than the object

2. When you see a "puddle of water" mirage some distance in front of your car during sunny day, what are you most likely seeing?

• A. Water

• B. Sky

• C. Mirror

• D. Hot air

3. 3. White light goes through a filter that can absorb red light; what color of light can pass through as perceived by an observer?

• A. Blue

• B. Green

• C. Cyan

• D. Yellow

4. 4. Which explains why the sky is blue?

• A. Blue light is not easily scattered by the atmosphere.

• B. Blue light is not easily absorbed by the atmosphere.

• C. Air molecules scatters blue light more readily than the other colors.

• D. Blue light is reflected off the world's oceans into the atmosphere.

5. Which explains why sunsets are red?

• A. Air molecules scatter red light more readily than others

• B. Red light is of shorter wavelength than other colors of light.

• C. Red light is scattered the least and is transmitted the most in the atmosphere.

• D. Red light survives the absorption of the particles in the atmosphere