Light and Color Quiz

What are the three things that can happen when light interacts with a material?

• Reflection, refraction, absorption, transmission

• Reflection, absorption, transmission, reflection

• Reflection, transmission, absorption, emission

• Reflection, absorption, transmission, refraction

What is the only thing that eyes can actually see?

• Objects, colors, light

• Light, energy, colors, wavelengths

• Colors, objects, energy, wavelengths

• Light, energy, objects, wavelengths

What determines the color of an object?

• The speed of light, the direction of light, the intensity of light, the frequency of light

• The source of light, the distance of light, the angle of light, the duration of light

• The material of the object, the type of light hitting it, the way it reflects light, the way it absorbs light

• The size of the object, the shape of the object, the weight of the object, the temperature of the object

Why do red apples look red and green apples look green?

• Because they reflect red and green light, respectively

• Because they transmit red and green light, respectively

• Because they absorb red and green light, respectively

• Because they emit red and green light, respectively

What do black and white objects do with visible light?

• Black objects transmit all visible light, white objects absorb all visible light

• Black objects absorb all visible light, white objects reflect all visible light

• Black objects absorb all visible light, white objects transmit all visible light

• Black objects reflect all visible light, white objects absorb all visible light

Why do black clothes feel hot on sunny days?

• Because they emit all types of light, including visible light

• Because they transmit all types of light, including visible light

• Because they reflect all types of light, including visible light

• Because they absorb all types of light, including visible light

Why are white clothes great for staying cool on a sunny day?

• Because they transmit all types of light, including visible light

• Because they emit all types of light, including visible light

• Because they reflect all types of light, including visible light

• Because they absorb all types of light, including visible light

What do clear glass objects do with visible light?

• Emit all types of visible light

• Absorb all types of visible light

• Reflect all types of visible light

• Transmit all types of visible light

What do you actually see when you look through a piece of clear glass?

• The colors of objects behind the glass, the color of the glass, the reflection of the glass, the absorption of the glass

• The colors of objects behind the glass, the color of the glass, the transmission of the glass, the absorption of the glass

• The colors of objects behind the glass, the reflection of the glass, the transmission of the glass, the absorption of the glass

• The color of the glass, the reflection of the glass, the transmission of the glass, the absorption of the glass

What determines the colors of objects we see?

• The colors of light they absorb, the colors of light they transmit, the colors of light they reflect, the colors of light they emit

• The colors of light they absorb, the colors of light they reflect, the colors of light they emit, the colors of light they refract

• The colors of light they reflect, the colors of light they transmit, the colors of light they emit, the colors of light they refract

• The colors of light they absorb, the colors of light they transmit, the colors of light they emit, the colors of light they refract