TEST Properties of visible light

Light is a type of energy that travels as an ______________ ____________.

• Longitudinal Wave

• Electric Current

• Electromagnetic Wave

• Magnetic Wave

True or false, light energy needs a medium to pass through.

• True

• False

Match the following terms of Light Properties.

• Refraction

• 
• Reflection

• 
• No absorption

• 
• Absorption & Reflection

• 
• Transmission

• 

Match the following to the correct model of Light Properties.

• Reflection seen as color white

• 
• Diffuse Reflection

• 
• Absorption of all visible light

• 
• Reflection=see red +absorption of other

• 
• Mirror Reflection

• 

What happens when light passes through air?

• It is transmitted in a curved line.

• It is transmitted in a bent line.

• It is transmitted in a straight line.

• It is transmitted in a spiral line.

What happens when light passes from air into water?

• It is transmitted in a straight line until it hits the water; then the light bends at an angle.

• It is transmitted in a straight line until it hits the water; then the light curves into the water.

• It is transmitted in a straight line until it hits the water; then the light spirals down into the water.

• It is transmitted in a straight line through the air into the water.

What happens when light passes from air into glass?

• It is transmitted in a straight line through the air into the glass.

• It is transmitted in a straight line until it hits the glass; then the light spirals down into the water.

• It is transmitted in a straight line until it hits the glass; then the light curves.

• It is transmitted in a straight line until it hits the glass; then the light bends at an angle.

What else happens to light when it hits water or glass besides transmission?

• Some of the light is refracted back into the air.

• Some of the light is reflected back into the air.

• Some of the light is diffused back into the air.

• None of the choices given.

We only see the colors that are____ off a surface.

• reflected

• refracted

• diffused

• absorbed

How can white light be separated into its various colors?

• Through refraction.

• Through diffraction.

• Both of the choices given.

• Neither of the choices given.