Facts about LIGHT Read the different concepts

about sound and answer the

1. Apparent depth is the illusion that objects under the water following tests.
appear to be nearer the surface than they really are. This is
Test I
visible when an observer is standing beside the swimming pool
looking at an object under water. This phenomenon is a True or False – Write T or F only.
consequence of the bending of light when light traverses the
air-water boundary. 1. Light can travel in outer space.
2. Light is classified as an electromagnetic wave located 2. The speed of light slows down
between the spectrum of infrared and ultraviolet. As an when it travels from air to
electromagnetic wave it does not need a medium in order vacuum.
to propagate. It moves in its maximum speed in vacuum. But 3. Light bends when it passes from
this speed decreases as it moves along different media. This one medium to another medium
characteristic of light consequently shows bending when it with different densities.
crosses the boundary between two media. Apparent distortion 4. Dispersion can produce different
of an object seen at the boundary between media is observed. colors of light.
3. Refraction is the bending of light when it travels from one 5. The speed of light is 2.7x108 m/s
medium to another of different optical densities. in a vacuum.
4. Light travels so fast. It is approximated to travel at a speed of Test II – Write the letter only.
3 x 108 m/s in a vacuum. This speed decreases when light
travels in a dense medium. This means that the speed of light a.Water b. Glass c. Air d. vacuum
is dependent on the properties of the medium. In the case of
______1. In which material can light
light, it is dependent on the optical density of the medium. The
travel slowest?
optical density of the medium is different from its physical
density. Physical density is described as the mass per unit ______2. In which material will light
volume of the medium. On the other hand, the sluggishness of bend the most?
the atoms of a medium to maintain the absorbed energy before
reemitting it is called optical density. When light crosses the ______3. In which material can light
boundary of two media of different optical density, a change in travel fastest?
speed takes place. This change in speed is manifested as _____________4. What
bending of the light ray.
5. White light is made up of many different colors of light. Each phenomenon is shown
in the picture?
of these colors of light bends differently when it strikes objects
like a prism.
6. Dispersion is a special kind of refraction which provides ______5. Which of the following
colors of light. This phenomenon is observed when white light statements explain the picture above?
passes through a triangular prism. When white light enters a
prism, separation into different colors is observed. a. The pencil looks broken because
7. The refractive indices of the different colors of light indicate light bends from air to water.
that light of different colors travels at different speeds in the b. The pencil looks broken because
prism which accounts for the different degrees of bending. of reflection.
Thus, blue light with greater refractive index refracts more and c. The pencil looks broken because
appears at the bottom of the red light. of refraction.
d. A and C are correct.
Increasing Frequency
Increasing Energy

______6. Highest energy

Red – Orange – Yellow – Green – Blue – Indigo – Violet
______7.highest frequency
______8.lowest energy
______9.longest wavelength
Increasing Wavelength ______10.shortest wavelength