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2. 1. The main difference between a radio wave and a light wave is its
wavelength.
speed.
Both A and B
None of the above

3. 2. Light does not pass through what kind of materials?
Opaque
Transparent
Neither a nor b

4. 3. Which type of electromagnetic waves has slightly shorter wavelengths than violet light?
yellow light
infrared light
ultraviolet light
green light

5. 4. Which type of electromagnetic waves has the lowest frequency?
Infrared
Microwaves
Radio waves
Gamma rays
Ultraviolet

6. 5. Light shines on a pane of red glass and a pane of clear glass
5. Light shines on a pane of red glass and a pane of clear glass. The temperature will be higher in
the clear glass.
the red glass.
neither; it will be the same in each.

7. 6. If the sun were to disappear right now, we wouldn't know about it for 8 minutes because it takes 8 minutes
for the sun to disappear.
to operate receiving equipment in the dark.
for light to travel from the sun to Earth.
all of the above
none of the above

8. 7. The primary purpose of polarized sunglasses is
to look cool.
to block glare from reflections.
to block ultraviolet rays.
to block infrared rays.

9. 8. Solar eclipses are seen less commonly than lunar eclipses because
the sun is so much larger than the moon.
the sun is farther from Earth than is the moon.
solar eclipses don't happen as often as lunar eclipses.
Earth's shadow on the moon is larger than the moon's shadow on Earth.
none of the above

10. 9. If two polarizing filters are held with their polarization axes at right angles to each other, the amount of light transmitted compared to when their axes are parallel is
the same.
twice as much.
zero.
half as much.

11. 10. Perception of depth is given by
the constructive interference of light in front of the eyes.
the destructive interference of light in front of the eyes.
the polarization of light by the eye-brain system.
the combination of right-eye and left-eye views in the eye-brain system.

12. 11. An orange looks orange because it
absorbs orange light and reflects other colors.
reflects blue and yellow light only.
absorbs blue and yellow light only.
reflects orange light and absorbs other colors.

13. 12. Colors seen on TV result from color
addition.
subtraction.
none of the above

14. 13. The three primary colors of light addition are
red, yellow, and green.
red, yellow, and blue.
red, green, and blue.
yellow, green, and blue.
yellow, cyan, and red.

15. 14. The three ink colors that are useful for color subtraction are
red, green, and blue.
magenta, cyan, and red.
red, blue, and yellow.
magenta, cyan, and yellow.
magenta, green, and yellow.

16. 15. When red and green light shine on a white sheet, the resulting color is
magenta.
cyan.
yellow.
green.
blue.

17. 16. The shadow produced by an object held close to a piece of paper in sunlight will be
fuzzy.
sharp.

18. 17. A sheet of red paper will look black when illuminated with
cyan light.
magenta light.
red light.
none of the above

19. 18. The reason the sky is blue is that air molecules
absorb yellow light.
are blue.
reflect blue light.
absorb green light.
absorb and then reemit blue light, scattering it in all directions.

20. 19. Sunsets are red because
the longest path of sunlight through the atmosphere is at sunset or sunrise.
blue light from the sun is scattered by Earth's atmosphere.
a lot of high-frequency light is scattered by the atmosphere.
all of the above
none of the above

21. 20. The cyan color of ocean water is evidence that the water absorbs
orange.
blue.
yellow.
green.
red.

22. 21. How is the pitch of sound similar to the color of light?

23. Answer:
Pitch and color are both based on frequency. A low-pitched sound has a lower frequency than a high-pitched sound. Red light has a lower frequency than blue light.