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- 1. Multiple Choice
How is wavelength measured?
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- 2. Multiple Choice
Red light waves have a longer wavelength than violet light waves. What can you conclude from this?
Violet light waves have a negative frequency.
Violet light waves have a smaller frequency.
Violet light waves have the same frequency.
Violet light waves have a higher frequency.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Gamma rays have a higher frequency than visible light waves. What can you conclude from this?
Gamma rays carry more energy than visible light waves.
Gamma rays carry less energy than visible light waves.
Gamma rays can't be seen; visible light rays can.
Gamma rays have a longer wavelength than visible light waves.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the electromagnetic spectrum? Choose the best answer.
The way that electricity travels into space.
The waves generated by electromagnets.
A collection of different types of electromagnetic radiation.
The spectrum of different colors of visible light.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What are the main colors in the visible light spectrum?
Red, green, and blue
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
Black and white
Cyan, yellow, and magenta
- 6. Multiple Choice
What are the primary colors of light?
Red, green, and blue
Black, white, and gray
Green, yellow, and red
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
- 7. Multiple Choice
The different colors of the visible light spectrum coalesce to make white light. What is the best synonym for "coalesce?"
Divide
Separate
Combine
End up
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why does a red ball look red?
Because it reflects red light waves and absorbs all others.
Because it absorbs red light waves and reflects all others.
Because it absorbs red light and reflects white light.
Because it absorbs all colors of light.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What are the primary pigment colors?
Red, green, and blue
Cyan, magenta, and yellow
Orange, mauve, and purple
Blue, red, and yellow
- 10. Multiple Choice
How is mixing the primary pigment colors together different from mixing the primary colors of light together?
Mixing the primary pigment colors gives you black; mixing the primary colors of light gives you white light.
Mixing the primary pigment colors gives you white; mixing the primary colors of light gives you black light.
Mixing the primary pigment colors gives you brown; mixing the primary colors of light gives you blue, green, and red.
Mixing the primary pigment colors gives you a spectrum of color; mixing the primary colors of light gives you no color.
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