Light Waves Quiz

What type of wave is a light wave?

What is the approximate speed of light in a vacuum?

Can light waves travel through a vacuum?

Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible to the human eye?

Which colour of visible light has the longest wavelength?

Which colour of visible light has the highest frequency?

What happens when white light passes through a prism?

What is the bending of light when it passes from one medium into another called?

What is the bouncing back of light from a surface called?

Which device uses a convex lens to focus light?

What is the relationship between the frequency and wavelength of light in a vacuum?

Which phenomenon explains why a rainbow forms?

Which of the following is an electromagnetic wave?

What happens to the frequency of light when it enters glass from air?

Which type of light has a wavelength shorter than visible violet light?

Which type of electromagnetic radiation is commonly used in TV remote controls?

What is the SI unit of wavelength?

What is the SI unit of frequency?

Why does a red object appear red under white light?

Which lens is thicker in the middle than at the edges?