Name ______________________
Date ____ / ____ / ____
QUESTIONS ABOUT LIGHT PROPERTIES
Provide the letter of the definition or description in column II that matches the scientific
terms in column I.
I
1.
2.
3.
II
angle of incidence
l
angle of reflection
k
crest
f
4.
frequency
h
5.
hertz
p
6.
index of refraction
j
7.
light
o
8.
normal
b
9.
photon
i
10. prism
a)
a continuous band of colors arranged
according to frequency or wavelength
b)
an imaginary line drawn at a right angle
to the surface of a material
c)
the bending of light rays as they pass
through another substance
d)
the distance between corresponding
points on two waves
e)
this is frequency times wavelength
f)
the highest point of a wave
g)
the lowest part of a wave
h)
the number of waves that pass a given
point in one second
i)
a single particle of light
j)
describes how much a ray of light will
bend as it travels through a specific
material
k)
the angle at which a ray “bounces off” a
surface
l)
the angle at which a ray of light strikes a
surface
m)
the bouncing of a wave off another object
n)
a clear or translucent material that
separates white light into component
colors
o)
a type of electromagnetic radiation
p)
the unit for frequency
n
11. reflection
m
12. refraction
c
13. trough
g
14. visible light spectrum
a
15. wave velocity
e
16. wavelength
d
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