Understanding Light and Its Properties

What is light?

• A kind of matter

• Energy that you can see

• A type of sound

• Just a feeling

How does light travel?

• As solid particles

• It does not travel

• In the form of a wave

• Through a special tube

What is a medium?

• A type of light

• Material through which waves can travel

• A color mixing tool

• A large space

What can light waves do when they hit an object?

• Disappear

• Explode

• Be transmitted, absorbed, or reflected

• Change color automatically

What is the amplitude of a wave?

• The color of the wave

• The distance between the center of the wave and the crest or trough

• The sound it makes

• The speed of the wave

What does the frequency of a light wave determine?

• Its position on the electromagnetic spectrum

• Its color

• Its size

• Its temperature

What are photons?

• Tiny particles of light

• A type of wave

• A measurement tool

• A color spectrum

What happens when light passes through a prism?

• It changes direction

• It disappears

• It speeds up

• It separates into different colors

What is refraction?

• The creation of light

• The disappearance of light

• The reflection of light from a surface

• The bending of light rays as they enter a new medium

What does an object that is opaque do to light?

• Does not allow light to pass through

• Changes its color

• Reflects all of it

• Transmits all of it