Light Energy Properties Quiz

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What term is used to describe materials that allow a large amount of light to pass through?

  • Transverse materials
  • Transparent materials (correct)
  • Translucent materials
  • Opaque materials

What is the term for the property that shows how light travels in a straight line?

  • Straight-line light property
  • Rectilinear Propagation of light (correct)
  • Light ray property
  • Linear light propagation

Which type of beam consists of light rays not meeting when travelling?

  • Collimated beam
  • Convergent beam
  • Divergent beam
  • Parallel beam (correct)

What is the term for the energy that makes vision possible?

<p>Light energy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are bodies that produce their own light referred to as?

<p>Luminous bodies (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the speed at which light travels in air?

<p>$3 \times 10^8$ m/s (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of an object that consists of a box painted black on the inside with a small hole at the other end?

<p>Pinhole camera (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the area of darkness cast on a screen when an opaque object is placed in front of a light source called?

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Which type of eclipse occurs when the earth comes between the moon and the sun in a straight line?

<p>Lunar Eclipse (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of reflection occurs when light rays fall on a smooth or polished surface?

<p>Regular reflection (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the first law of reflection?

<p>The incident ray, the normal, and reflected ray all lie in the same plane. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the change in direction or bending of light ray when it moves from one medium to another called?

<p>Refraction of light (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an image formed by the apparent intersection of two or more rays called?

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What is the name for the partial shadow surrounding an umbra formed by an opaque object between an external source of light and a screen?

<p>Penumbra (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name for an image formed by the actual intersection of two or more rays?

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What is the type of eclipse where only part of the earth or moon is covered?

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