Waves Test 2 Form B
INTEGRATED SCIENCE 1
UNIT 4: PHYSICS Sub Unit 1: Waves
TEST 2: Electromagnetic Waves and their Properties
Form B
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
1)When light passes through air into glass, its angle of refraction is
a. less than its angle of incidence.
b. the same as its angle of incidence.
c. more than its angle of incidence.
d. can be more or less than its angle of incidence.
2) Light refracts when traveling from air into glass because light
a. travels at the same speed in air and in glass.
b. frequency is greater in air than in glass.
c. frequency is greater in glass than in air.
d. travels slower in glass than in air.
3) Color depends on what characteristic of light?
a. its frequency
b. its wavelength
c. both of these
d. neither of these
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Use the figure below to answer question 4.
4) The incident light ray, the reflected light ray, and the normal line between them
a. form two angles, with the incident angle greater than the angle of reflection.
b. form two angles, with the incident angle less than the angle of reflection.
c. form two angles, with the incident angle equal to the angle of reflection.
5) All of the waves listed below are a part of the electromagnetic spectrum except
a. sound waves.
b. X rays.
c. gamma rays.
d. light waves.
e. radio waves.
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Use the figure above to answer question 6.
6) The color of an object is the same as the light that is
a. transmitted.
b. absorbed.
c. reflected.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
7) Diffraction is a result of
a. refraction.
b. reflection.
c. interference.
d. polarization.
e. dispersion.
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Use the figure below to answer question 8
8) Compared to ultraviolet waves, the wavelength of infrared waves is
a. shorter.
b. longer.
c. faster.
d. slower.
e. the same
Use the figure below to answer question 9.
9) Interference is a property of
a. light waves.
b. sound waves.
c. water waves.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
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Use the figure below to answer question 10.
10. Electromagnetic waves consist of
a. compressions and rarefactions.
b. vibrating electric and magnetic fields.
c. particles of light energy.
d. high-frequency gravitational waves.
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Use the figure above to answer question 11.
11. Light will not pass through a pair of polarizing lenses when their axes are
a. parallel.
b. perpendicular.
c. 45 degrees to each other.
d. two of these.
e. all of these.
12) Light travels fastest in
a. warm air.
b. cool air.
c. a vacuum.
13) Refraction results from differences in light's
a. frequency.
b. amplitude.
c. speed.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
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Use the figure below to answer question 14.
14) Polarization is a property of
a. transverse waves.
b. longitudinal waves.
c. both.
d. neither.
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Use the figure below to answer question 15.
15) Sunsets are red because the lower frequencies of light
a. are scattered by larger particles in the atmosphere.
b. are refracted by larger particles in the atmosphere.
c. are reflected by clouds and relatively large particles in the atmosphere.
d. survive being scattered in the atmosphere.
16) Diffraction is more pronounced through relatively
a. small openings.
b. large openings.
c. same for each.
17) Electromagnetic waves
a. always travel at the same speed.
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b. need a medium to travel through.
c. can travel through a vacuum.
d. cannot travel through the vacuum of outer space.
18) Relative to radio waves, the velocity of visible light waves in a vacuum is
a. less.
b. more.
c. the same.
19) Waves diffract the most when their wavelength is
a. short.
b. long.
c. both diffract the same.
20) Materials generally become warmer when light is
a. absorbed by them.
b. reflected by them.
c. transmitted by them.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
21) The main difference(s) between a radio wave and a light wave is(are) its
a. speed.
b. wavelength.
c. frequency.
d. both a and b
e. both b and c
Use the figure below to answer question 22.
22) A beam of light emerges from water into air at an angle. The beam is bent
a. towards the normal
b. away from the normal.
c. 48 degrees upward.
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d. 96 degrees upward.
e. not at all.
23) Which of these electromagnetic waves has the shortest wavelength?
a. radio waves
b. infrared waves
c. X rays
d. ultraviolet waves
e. light waves
24) When light reflects from a surface, there is a change in its
a. frequency.
b. wavelength.
c. speed.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
25) Light waves traveling through the vacuum of space have a speed that's equal to
a. 3.0 X 10 to power of (3) m/s.
b. 5 X 10 to power of (6) m/s.
c. 3.0 X 10 to power of (8) m/s.
d. 9.0 X 10 to power of (9) m/s.
e. a number that's too high to measure.
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26)If a light signal and a radio signal were transmitted simultaneously from a nearby star,
the first signal to reach the Earth would be
a. the radio signal.
b. the light signal.
c. neither: they would reach Earth at the same time.
27) The fact that you can get sunburned while submerged in water is evidence that water
a. absorbs infrared light.
b. transmits infrared light.
c. absorbs ultraviolet light.
d. transmits ultraviolet light.
28) The worst thing you can do for the health of a green-leafed plant is to illuminate it
with only
a. red light.
b. green light.
c. blue light.
d. all are equally naughty.
e. none of these.
Use the figure below to answer question 29.
29) The effect in which white light separates into different colors is called
a. magnification
b. refraction
c. reflection
d. dispersion
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ESSAYS:
Write your answer in the space provided or on a separate sheet of
paper.
30. Describe three different forms of electromagnetic radiation and explain their use in
modern, everyday life.
31.) Pretend you walk only at a certain pace, no faster or slower, across a room of known
length. Your walking speed is the room length divided by the time to cross the room.
Now suppose you repeat your walk but briefly stop along the way to interact with people
sitting along your path. What effect does this have on your speed across the room? How
is this similar to light passing through glass? In what way is it not similar?
32) Five transparent plastic containers below were filled with different water colors of
paint. The volume each is 50 ml. The temperature of the water is 20 C. They are all
then placed in the sunlight for 15 minutes. The temperature is then retaken for each
container.
Clear
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Answer the following question based on the experiment above.
(a) In the space below, arrange the containers in order from the warmest to the coolest
based on your understanding of the interaction of sunlight and the containers. Write
the name of the color in the blanks.
(warmest) __________,__________,__________,__________,__________ (coolest)
(b) Using the terms, reflect, absorb, and transmit explain why you arranged the
containers in the way you did.
Answer Key
Physics Sub Unit Test 2: Electromagnetic Waves
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Answers will vary. X-rays, with high energy and short wavelength, are
used to produce images of the body’s interior; infrared, with wavelengths
longer than red light, can be used to keep food warm; microwaves, with still
longer wavelengths, can used for cooking and for communication; radio
waves, with the longest wavelengths, can be used in communication and
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31. Answer
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When you walk across the room and pause to greet people along the
way, you are like light passing through glass, pausing along the way to
interact with atoms. Your average speed across the room is lower when
interactions occur, much like the speed of light is less in glass than in a
vacuum. How this is different is that in the case of walking across the room,
you begin the walk and you end it. There is only one you. But in the case of
light through glass, the photon that first interacts with the glass is not the
photon that emerges through the glass. There is a chain of different but
identical photons cascading through the glass.
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(a) (Warmest) Black, Red, Yellow, Clear, White (Coolest)
(b) Black container absorbed all colors of the visible spectrum
ROYGBIV. No colors were reflected or transmitted from it. The
light caused the atoms to move more rapidly, thus increasing the
average kinetic energy of the particles.
The Red container was the second warmest because it reflected
only one wavelength of light(red) and absorbed the six other colors
(OYGBIV). With 14% fewer waves of light to interact with the
water molecules, its temperature did not rise as much as the black
container.
The Yellow container was third because it reflects red and green
wavelengths and absorbs only 4 colors (OBIV). It has 28% fewer
waves of light interacting with the water molecules, its temperature
did not rise as much as the red container.
The Clear container allowed the light to pass through or be
transmitted. No wavelengths were reflected or absorbed, but the
light did interact with the water as it passed through causing the
temperature to rise slightly.
The White container reflected all of the wavelengths of light and
allowed none to be transmitted or absorbed. It was the coolest or
had the lowest temperature of all the containers.
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