GRADE 11 - SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PRETEST ON DUAL NATURE OF LIGHT

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General Direction: This is a 50-item test, read each direction written in each type of the test. Choose the letter of the best answer.
Answer the test in one hour. Write your answers on the answer sheet provided.

1. Which of the following will change, when light is reflected from a plane mirror?
A. Intensity B. Frequency C. Speed of light D. Angle of reflection

2. Justify your answer in #1.

A. A smooth surface produces a diffused reflection.
B. The color of the incident ray changes when reflected.
C. Since Glass is a denser medium, the light is bent toward the normal.
D. The mirror absorbs a fraction of energy of light which cause it to lose its intensity.

3. Compare the angle of incidence from angle of reflection in a regular reflection.

A. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.
B. The angle of incidence is less than the angle of reflection.
C. The angle of incidence is greater than the angle of reflection.
D. The angle of incidence is never equal to the angle of reflection.

4. Which phenomenon/situation supports your answer in #3?

A. Stars twinkle at night
B. Light is separated when passing through a prism
C. If you can see the face of the driver on a rear view mirror, the driver can see you back.
D. The actual depth and position of objects under water are nearer than their apparent position.

5. Why does light bend when it passes from one materials to a different material?
A. Light has a tendency to go in all direction.
B. It enters a material with different optical density.
C. Light changes its direction due to the resistivity of the material.
D. The bending of light is dependent upon the conductivity of the material.

6. What property of light was described in #5?

A. Reflection B. Refraction C. Dispersion D. Interference

7. Which of the following changes when light is refracted?

A. Frequency of light C. direction of the light wave.
B. intensity of the light D. Amplitude of the light wave.

8. How does the light bends as it enters from air to glass? D

9. White light is separated into spectrum of colors by a prism. What does this mean?
A. White light has no color.
B. When the white light hits the prism it emits colors.
C. When the white light falls on the prism it will absorb the white light.
D. When white light falls on a prism, its component colors are refracted at different angles.

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10. Upon exiting a glass prism, white light is dispersed. Which color bends the most?
A. Red B. Blue C. Violet D. Orange

11. Which of the wavelength refracted the most?

A. Long wavelength B. Short wavelength C. Medium wavelength D. all of the above

12. Who demonstrated the separation of white light by shining it through a prism?
A. Aristotle B. Galileo C. Newton D. Descartes

13. Which of the following is not an example of a wave?

A. Sound B. Water C. Light D. Air

14. How will the velocity of light change, as it enters a denser medium?
A. The speed of light will decrease.
B. There will be an increase in its speed.
C. The speed of light will change in unknown value.
D. The light will change its direction and bend toward the normal

15. Justify your answer in #14?

A. Because the particles collided with each other
B. Because there is a special force in the denser medium
C. Because it is attracted by the molecules in the medium
D. Because the light will move more slowly due to higher refractive index.

16. If you were to fish by bow and arrow technique, where would you aim to actually strike a fish?
A. Strike exactly where you see the fish.
B. Aim below the fish; it is actually deeper than you think.
C. Shoot a little above its head; refraction causes a different perception of its depth.
D. In the morning, hit it above, but in the afternoon, aim it below because the light is dimmer.

17. Which shows the particle characteristics of light?

A. Polarizer C. Photoelectric effect
B. Diffraction of light D. Young’s Double Slit Experiment

18. Justify your answer in #17.

A. Light is blocked by a polarizer.
B. Effects of interference is observed on screen behind the two slit.
C. Beam of light spreads and becomes wider when it passes through a narrow slit.
D. Electrons attached to atoms absorb the energy of photon thus allowing it to escape the metal.

19. Which theory about light is related to the result of Photoelectric effect?
A. Wave Theory B. Particle Theory C. Both Theories D. none of the above

20. Support your answer in # 19

A. When light shines on the metal surface it bounces off like a wave.
B. Light may knock the electrons out of the metal surface as if light were made of particles.
C. Intense radiation (large-amplitude waves) may cause emitted electrons to have more energy.
D. The Energy of the electron emitted from metal surface is dependent on the speed of the light that shined on it.

21. Which property of light affects the energy of the emitted electron whenever it shines on the metal surface?
A. Crest B. Trough C. Amplitude D. Frequency

22. Which component color of white light can dislodge the most number of electrons in a metal?
A. Red B. Green C. Violet D. Yellow

23. Prove your answer in #22.

A. The greater the mass of photon, the less current it can produce.
B. The faster the speed of light is, the higher is its intensity
C. The longer the wavelength of the light is, the slower is its speed.
D. The higher the Frequency of light is, the greater is the energy of its photon
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24. What does the theories of modern physics tells us about light?
A. Demonstrate wave property only C. It combines wave and particle properties
B. Exclusively shows particle property D. has neither wave nor particle properties

25. What color of light do photographers usually use in dark rooms?

A. Red B. Yellow C. Violet D. White

26. Why do photographers use this light?

A. Yellow light since paper is not sensitive to this color.
B. Regular light may be used since it won’t affect the printing.
C. Red light does not cause the film to be exposed since it has low energy.
D. Violet light has the highest energy which is used to give color to the pictures.

27. How come we get sunburns from too much exposure on ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun and not from visible light.
A. UV light is the strongest and most damaging to living things.
B. UV light has the highest energy compared to other electromagnetic radiation.
C. UVA has a wavelength of 380-315 nanometers and when contacting the skin can penetrate beyond the outer layer (epidermis) into
a layer called the dermis.
D. All of the above.

For items #28-29 Choose from the colors below.

A. Red
B. White
C. Black
D. all colors of light

28. What color is reflected by a red apple? A

29. What color does black book absorb? D

30. Explain how you answered #28-29.

A. The color we see are the colors absorbed by the object.
B. The energy with wavelengths that are too short to see is "bluer than blue".
C. When light hits an object, the wavelengths change and are reflected in different direction.
D. When light hits an object, some wavelengths are absorbed by that object and the color we see are those that are reflected.

31. What type of Lights is seen by the human eye?

A. X-rays B. visible lights C. infrared lights D. ultraviolet lights

32. How come we cannot see other EM waves such as infrared, microwave and UV?
A. Other lights are invisible and has no color
B. Our eyes are only sensitive and can only detect visible light spectrum.
C. Temperature of the surrounding interacts with these lights and makes it difficult for us to notice.
D. The ozone layer absorbs most of the energies of these lights thus making it colorless when it reaches the land.

For items # 33-34

A. Directly proportional
B. inversely proportional
C. Directly proportional to the square of the wavelength
D. Inversely proportional to the square of the wavelength.

33. Given the wave equation speed = wavelength x frequency, how is speed related to wavelength? A

34. How is wavelength related to frequency? B

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For items # 35-36
Periodic longitudinal waves are propagated in a spring made of coil from a vibrating source at one end. Consider that the wave is
20Hz and the distance between two successive rarefactions is 30cm.

35. Compute the speed of the longitudinal waves?

A. 6 m/s B. 60 m/s C. 600 m/s D. 6000 m/s
36. Compute the period of the waves?
A. 0.05 s B. 0.16 s C. 0.50 s D. 0.07 s

For items # 37-43

Identify which property of light best explain the following light phenomenon.
A. Reflection C. Diffraction E. Interference
B. Refraction D. Dispersion F. scattering

B or D 37.Rainbow is separated into component colors upon passage through water droplets
C 38. Shadows are not precise and sharp
B 39. Mirage is formed by warm air near the road surface.
F 40. Sky appears blue in a clear cloudless day-time
B 41. Twinkling of the stars
B or C 42.halo or the ring / light that forms around the sun or moon
E 43. Brilliant colors in soap bubbles.

For items #44-46

Choose which statement/s are true.
A. I only B. II only C. both I and II D. neither I nor II

44. Ampere demonstrated that parallel wires carrying currents may attract and repel each other. Which wires will most likely
attract? A
I. Wires carrying current moving in the same direction.
II. Wires carrying current moving in opposite directions.

45. When electrons are made to move through a conductor. C

I. An electric current is produced
II. A magnetic field around the conductor develops

46. Which affects the voltage and current produced in electromagnetic induction? C
I. Magnetic field strength
II. Number of loops of the conductor

47. Who demonstrated that the effect of a changing magnetic field on a conductor can induce electric current and vice versa.
A. Hertz B. Faraday C. Oersted D. Maxwell

48. Which statement about electromagnet is true? (this is supposed to be NOT TRUE)
A. Its magnetic field is produced by an electric current.
B. Magnetic field is still present even when current is turned off.
C. Electromagnets are widely used as components of motors, generators and other electrical devices.
D. Magnetic field can be quickly changed by controlling the amount of electric current in the windings.

49. Which principle applies in the generator effect?

A. Inducing a potential difference by changing magnetic field.
B. A changing magnetic field that induces AC in the secondary coil
C. Have more coils in the primary than secondary, induces lower voltage.
D. Have more coils in the secondary than primary induces a higher voltage.

50. Which best completes this statement? A ___converts ___energy to ______ energy.
A. motor, mechanical, electrical
B. generator, mechanical, electrical
C. oscillator, electrical, electromagnetic
D. transformer, electromagnetic, electrical