Mrs. CC's 5th Grade Light Vocabulary Question Preview (ID: 60804)


5.6 The Student Will Investigate And Understand That Visible Light Has Certain Characteristics And Behaves In Predictable Ways. Key Ideas Include A) Visible Light Is Radiant Energy That Moves In Transverse Waves; B) The Visible Spectrum Includes Light. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Partially allowing light to pass through
a) translucent
b) opaque
c) transparent
d) visible light

Completely allowing light to pass through
a) translucent
b) opaque
c) transparent
d) transverse

The bouncing of energy waves off the surface of an object
a) refraction
b) reflection
c) transparent
d) translucent

A material that does not allow any light to pass through it
a) transfer
b) transparent
c) translucent
d) opaque

A surface that reflects light
a) mirror
b) medium
c) refraction
d) transfer

A piece of glass used to separate light into a band of colors
a) mirror
b) medium
c) prism
d) window

Energy that allows us to see
a) mirror
b) prism
c) medium
d) light energy

A substance that energy can travel through
a) mirror
b) medium
c) ROYGBV
d) light energy

The distance between the same two points on a wave, such as crest to crest
a) Amplitude
b) wavelength
c) transverse wave
d) visible light

Waves with wavelengths within the range that can be seen by the eye
a) radiant energy
b) black
c) compression wave
d) visible light

a wave that moves up and down
a) transverse wave
b) white light
c) amplitude
d) crest

Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light as well as ultraviolet and infrared (heat) radiation
a) kinetic energy
b) potential energy
c) radiant energy
d) nuclear energy

The lowest point on a wave
a) amplitude
b) crest
c) trough
d) frequency

The highest part of a wave
a) Amplitude
b) Crest
c) Trough
d) Frequency

How often something occurs or is repeated during a set time
a) amplitude
b) crest
c) trough
d) frequency

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet (colors of visible light spectrum)
a) YOLOLOL
b) VIBYOR
c) GORYBV
d) ROYGBV

when light is absent or when all wavelengths in the visible spectrum are absorbed
a) red
b) violet
c) black
d) white

light such as sunlight that contains all the colors of the visible spectrum
a) white light
b) black light
c) violet light
d) red light

The height of a wave measured from midway between the highest and lowest points
a) crest
b) wave
c) amplitude
d) trough

The bending or redirection of energy waves as they pass from one substance to another
a) reflection
b) translucent
c) refraction
d) transparent

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