Why Is the Sky Blue? Quiz

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Physics
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is white light made up of?
Green and Yellow only
All the colors of the rainbow
Purple and Orange only
Red and Blue only
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How can you see all the colors of sunlight separated?
By using a telescope
By shining sunlight through a prism
Through a magnifying glass
By using a mirror
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What determines the different colors of light?
The temperature of the light source
The distance the light travels
The speed of the light waves
The stretched out light waves
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of light waves create the color red?
Short, choppier waves with peaks close together
Long, stretched-out waves with peaks far apart
Medium length waves with random peaks
No peaks in the waves
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do we see blue light when looking up in the sky on a sunny day?
Sunlight hitting the clouds
Sunlight hitting the ground
Sunlight hitting the ocean
Sunlight hitting Earth's atmosphere
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What scatters the blue light in Earth's atmosphere?
Water vapor
Dust particles
Magnetic fields
Gases in the air
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does the sky appear a different color at sunset?
The atmosphere becomes thicker
The sky is painted a different color
The Sun is closer to the Earth
More blue light is scattered away
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