Activity 3: Light Waves

TRANSLUCENT is described as... 

• being a property of BLOCKING out ALL light.

• ALL light passes through

• SOME light passes through

Opaque is described as... 

• being a property of BLOCKING out ALL light.

• ALL light passes through

• SOME light passes through

What is the term for the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

• Absorption

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Refraction

What is the term for the phenomenon where light waves spread out after passing through a narrow opening?

• Diffraction

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Reflection

What is an example of reflection?

• Looking in a mirror

• shining a laser pointer on a mirror

• looking a lake and seeing yourself

• all of the above

The RANGE of electromagnetic radiation that is all around us is described as... 

• very cool

• a rainbow

• spectrum

• electromagnetic spectrum

The ability do work is called... 

• job

• work

• energy

• waves

A FORM of energy that is all around us is described as electromagnetic radiation. 

An example of this would be... 

• X Rays

• Radio Waves

• Visible Light

• All of the Above

A wavelength is... 

• the distance between two corresponding points on a wave.

• what surfers ride on in the ocean

• the ability to do work.

• the height of a wave

True or False:  Waves carry energy from one location to another.  

• TRUE

• FALSE