Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Batangas City
PEDRO S. TOLENTINO MEMORIAL INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Ilijan, Batangas City
SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE 8

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Read each statement carefully. Choose the letter of your answer and write it on your notebook.
1. Which of the following can separate white light into seven colors?
A. prism B. cellphone C. paper D. box
2. What can prisms do?
A. Change sunlight into a single color. C. Separate the incoming light into its constituent colors.
B. Invert a light ray’s frequency and wavelength. D. Slow down light to few meters per second, when used back-to-back.
3. Red is bent least among the seven colors because it has the ___________.
A. highest frequency B. lowest frequency C. longest wavelength D. shortest wavelength
4. Which has the greatest energy among the colors of a rainbow?
A. green B. orange C. red D. violet
5. Which of the following colors has the highest energy?
A. orange B. blue C. red D. yellow
6. What refers to the bending of light as it passes from one medium into another?
A. Wavelength B. refraction C. reflection D. frequency
7. Which of the following arrangements of visible light colors shows decreasing wavelength?
A. red, yellow, green, orange, violet, blue, indigo C. violet, blue, green, orange, red, indigo, yellow
B. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet D. violet, indigo, blue, green, orange, yellow, red
8. What refers to the splitting of white light into seven different colors?
A. refraction B. reflection C. refractive index D. dispersion
9. Based on the colors of light, what color comes between blue and violet?
A. indigo B. green C. orange D. violet
10. Karen sent an arrow beam of white light through a prism. As a result, she observed the light dispersing into _.
A. four colors B. three colors C. five colors D. seven colors
11. For visible light, which property changes with color?
I. frequency II. Period III. Wavelength
A. III only B. I and III C. I and II D. I, II, and III
12. Refractive Index is a ratio between the speed of light in vacuum and ____.
A. speed of light in vacuum C. speed of sound in a medium
B. speed of sound in vacuum D. speed of light in a medium
13. Which has the greatest refractive index among the seven colors?
A. Red B. Orange C. Yellow D. Violet
14. What is the acronym used to remember visible light?
A. DOGFOUND B. ROYGBIV C. KTPERRY D. ROMERO
15. Why does white light separate into different colors as it passes through a prism?
A. The colors are changed by addition.
B. This is an example of color by subtraction.
C. Different colored light has different wavelengths.
D. The side part of a prism only let certain colors of light pass through.
16. Which of the following is TRUE about the colors of light?
A. The shorter the wavelength, the lesser the energy.
B. The lower the wavelength, the lesser the refractive index.
C. The higher the wavelength, the lesser the refractive index.
D. The longer the wavelength, the greater the energy.
17. As a ray of white light passes through a prism, dispersion occurs. Which among the color of the visible
spectrum refracted the MOST?
A. Yellow B. Green C. Red D. Violet
ESSAY: Write three sentences about the importance of knowing and understanding the lesson about light. (3 points)