Which of the following situations exemplifies the dispersion property of light?

The rainbow in the sky after the rain shower

The image of the flower in a mirror

The sparkling glow of the diamond ring

The swaying movement of coin under water

Explain when can diffraction of light occur?

when waves spread and bend as they pass through small openings or around barriers.

When photons oscillate in certain directions are absorbed, while others that oscillate in line with the filter pass through.

when light strikes the boundary between substances at an angle greater than the critical angle.

when two or more waves overlap or intersect.

What effect does interference of light waves have on soap bubbles?

They produced different colors at the surface.

They produced images of objects like a mirror.

After a rainstorm, a rainbow may appear in the sky. Which statement explains this observation?

The raindrops act as prisms separating sunlight into spectrum of colors.

The colors of the rainbow come from raindrops spread in the atmosphere

The white clouds are like prisms which are composed of different colors of the rainbow

When the incident light is reflected by the ground towards the clouds, it separates them into different colors.

When Galileo dropped a heavy and light object from the same height (Leaning Tower of Pisa) at the same time, which of the following was observed?

The two objects reached the ground at the same time.

The heavier object reached the ground faster than the lighter one.

In Galileo’s experiment on inclined plane and ball, what happened to the ball as it moved along an UPWARD slope?

It moved with a decreasing speed.

It moved with an increasing speed.

In the absence of friction, what will happen if you kick a soccer ball in the field?

It will continue moving at constant speed along the path where it was launched.

It will stop moving after some time since the force from the kick is no longer present.

In Galileo’s experiment on inclined plane and ball, what happened to the ball as it moved along the HORIZONTAL part of the plane?

It moved with a changing speed.

A ball rolling on the floor eventually comes to a stop. How would ARISTOTLE probably explain this observation?

The ball seeks its natural state of rest.

Friction overcomes the ball’s natural tendency to keep rolling.

Which of these provides the best explanation for why the pencil appears broken?

Light rays are bent by the water in the glass.

The pencil absorbs the light rays that hit it.

Water reflects light rays away from the pencil.

The surface of the water reflects the light rays.

Caleb is sitting near the window on a sunny day. When he closes the curtain, the room becomes darker. What property of the curtain allows it to make the room darker?

The curtain is brightly colored.

The curtain is rectangular shape.

Light rays from any light source travel outward in all directions along a straight path until they hit something. which of the following best represents what occurs when light rays hit a glass of water?

The light rays will bend at the boundary of air and water.

The light rays will pass straight through from air to water.

The water absorbs the light, and it will no longer be seen.

The surface of the water will reflect the light off the water.

What makes it possible to see an object when looking through a periscope?

It contains mirrors that reflect the object.

It magnifies small objects so they can be seen.

It absorbs the light rays passing through it.

It separates the light into different colors.

Adrian is observing a piece of white paper. His eye perceives the paper to be white because his eye is receiving what kind of light?

Light in all the colors of the visible spectrum.

Light mostly at the ultraviolet end of the spectrum.

Light mostly at the infrared end of the spectrum.

Light the paper produces when heated by the Sun.

Which of the following best describes the radiation our planet receives from the Sun?

The radiation is in many different wavelengths.

All the radiation is infrared radiation.

All the radiation is ultraviolet radiation.

The radiation includes all wavelengths except visible light.

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Which of the following phenomena describes no difference between the wave theory and particle theory of light?

diffraction

interference

reflection

refraction

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Which factor remains constant when light travels in a different medium?

Color

speed

frequency

wavelength

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Why does a blue t-shirt appear blue?

Blue is absorbed by the t-shirt

Blue is emitted by the t-shirt

Blue is reflected by the t-shirt

Blue is refracted by the t-shirt

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E=hf is an equation that describes the relationship between energy (E) and frequency of light (f). What will happen to the energy of light as the frequency goes higher? It _____

goes higher

goes lower

remains the same

undetermined

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Under which type of light do we easily get sunburned?

infrared

microwave light

ultraviolet light

white light

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He formulated the hypothesis that electron being a particle has wave-like characteristics.

Albert Einstein

Max Plank

Louis de Broglie

Isaac Newton

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Which property of light is responsible for white clouds, blue sky and red sunset?

Dispersion

Scattering

Interference

Diffraction

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Which of the following phenomena describes no difference between the wave theory and particle theory of light?

Which factor remains constant when light travels in a different medium?

Why does a blue t-shirt appear blue?

E=hf is an equation that describes the relationship between energy (E) and frequency of light (f). What will happen to the energy of light as the frequency goes higher? It _____

Under which type of light do we easily get sunburned?

He formulated the hypothesis that electron being a particle has wave-like characteristics.

Which property of light is responsible for white clouds, blue sky and red sunset?

What natural occurrence is produced by the refraction of light as it travels between hot and cold air?

Which of the following situations exemplifies the dispersion property of light?

Explain when can diffraction of light occur?

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