8J – Light

Mid-Topic Check
Name: Date:
Tick the correct answers
1) Which of these statements is true?

Light is stopped by glass Light travels in straight lines

Light travels slower than sound Light is a longitudinal wave

2) We can read a book because….

Light from our eyes shines on it The book is luminous

A light shines on it Light is reflected by the book and enters our eyes

3) Which of these statements is not true?

Translucent objects do not reflect light Opaque objects reflect or absorb light

Translucent objects scatter the light Transparent objects transmit light

4) Light waves are…

Fast, transverse and straight Slow, transverse and straight

Fast, longitudinal and straight Slower than sound waves

5) A pinhole camera forms an image on the screen because…

Light can bend Light travels in straight lines

Light bounces off the screen Light travels slowly

6) A plane mirror is?

Curved Flat and smooth Shiny Used in shops to detect shop lifters
7) In a plane mirror, what statement is true:-

i=r and we get diffuse reflection i=r and we get specular reflection

The image formed is bigger The image is smaller

8) If light shines at a plane mirror at 40 0 to the normal. What is the reflected angle?

200 40o 50o 800

9) Your image in a mirror ….

is bigger than you seems to behind the mirror

is always smaller than you is upside down

10)Refraction is what happens when light…

bounces off a mirror changes direction as it goes from one substance to another

bounces off glass is scattered unevenly by a rough surface

11) When light travels from air to glass….

It travels faster It travels at the same speed

it travels slower It travels away from the normal

12) Which of the following is not true…..

Light bends towards the normal when it goes from air to glass

Light travels faster in glass than air

If light travels along the interface at 90 degrees it does not change direction

Light bends away from the normal when it goes from air to glass.

Total = _______ / 12 marks

One thing I need to remember is:

 8J Light answers
Mid-Topic Check Answers (objectives 1-11 inc)

1. Light travels in straight lines.

2. Light is reflected by the book and enters our eyes
3. Translucent objects do not reflect light

4. Fast, transverse and straight

5. Light travels in straight lines

6. Flat and smooth

i=r and we get specular reflection

7.

8. 40o
Seems to behind the mirror
9.

10. Changes direction as it goes from one substance to another

11. It travels slower

Light bends away from the normal when it goes from air to glass.
12.