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Light and Its Characteristics Q3W5
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1. ___ Light makes us see the things around us

2. Light is ___ wave

A an electromagnetic wave B a mechanical wave

3. Does light require a medium to propagate?

A Yes B No

4. Light travels in a ___ path

A circular B wavy

C straight

5. In a vacuum, light has a speed of ___ meters per second

A 206, 283, 006 B 230, 629, 416

C 299, 792, 458 D 128, 154, 878

6. It takes ___ seconds or approximately ___ minutes for light to travel from the sun to the
earth

A 351 and 6 B 296 and 5

C 499 and 8 D 418 and 7

7. Light is a form of energy made of ___

A photons B carbon dioxide

C nitrogen

8. ___ are the smallest unit of visible light ?

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9. A ___ ___ is an object capable of producing its own light.

10. "Light behaves like a particle."

A Isaac Newton B James Clerk Maxwell

C Christian Huygens D Louie de Broglie

11. "Light behaves like a wave."

A Louie de Broglie B Isaac Newton

C Christian Huygens D James Clerk Maxwell

12. "Light behaves like a particle and a wave."

A Christian Huygens B Louie de Broglie

C Isaac Newton D James Clerk Maxwell

13. Electromagnetic Theory of Light

A James Clerk Maxwell B Louie de Broglie

C Christian Huygens D Isaac Newton

14. Light is a ____ nature since it behaves as tiny particles called photons and also behaves
like a wave.

15. Light is formed of the vibration of electric and magnetic fields, therefore, it is a form of
____

A electromagnetic radiation B electric radiation

C mechanical radiation D magnetic radiation

16. The ___ spectrum is where the ___ waves are arranged in increasing frequency

17. The ___ the frequency of a wave, the higher its energy

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18. It is the only frequency of electromagnetic waves that is visible to the human eye

A visible light B microwaves

C white light D radio waves

19. When ___ light strikes into a prism, it splits into visible light colors in the electromagnetic
spectrum

20. The phenomenon in which a prism separates white light into component colors is called
___

21. The component colors are arranged according to a decreasing frequency in a ___ ___
spectrum

22. It is a form of energy that travels in electromagnetic waves

A Sound B Fire

C Water D Light

23. Light Intensity is...

the quantity that measures the amount the quantity that measures the amount
A B
of light darkening a surface of light illuminating a surface

C the power of light D the color of light

24. The science of measuring the intensity or brightness of light

A Nuclear power B Chromatics

C Optics D Photometry

25. Brightness is...

the visual perception in which a light

A quantitative expression of light intensity B source appears to be emitting light or a
surface to be reflecting light

dependent on the perception of an

C D qualitative expression of light intensity
individual

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26. Luminous Intensity is...

A amount of light that the objects produce B measured in terms of candela

C qualitative D quantitative

27. The brightness of light depends on your ___ from the source

28. The ___ of light depends upon the amount of light or the number of photons that pass a
certain area or space

29. The intensity or brightness of light is also related to the wave's ___

30. The higher amplitude of a wave, the ___ the light produced

31. The color of the light depends on the ___ or wavelength of the radiation that reaches the
eye

32. Visible light falls in the wavelength range of ___ nanometers to ___ nanometers

A 200, 800 B 400, 750

C 100, 1000 D 300, 800

33. When the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is shorter than 400 nanometers, it is
called ___

34. When the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave is higher than 750 nanometers, it is
called ___

35. As the ___ increases, the ___ decreases

A wavelength, frequency B frequency, wavelength

C wavelength, amplitude D frequency, amplitude

36. The color ___ represents the combination of all the wavelengths of visible light; while ___ is
the absence of wavelengths

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Answer Key

1.Visible 2.a 3.b 4.c

5.c 6.c 7.a 8.Photons

9.luminous body 10.a 11.c 12.b

13.a 14.dual 15.a 16.electromagnetic

17.higher 18. 19.white 20.dispersion

21.visible light 22.d 23. 24.d

25. 26. 27.distance 28.intensity

29.amplitude 30.brighter 31.frequency 32.b

33.ultraviolet 34.infrared 35. 36.white and black

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