Exploring Color: Grade 10 Physics
A Grade 10 physics worksheet covering the electromagnetic spectrum, properties of light, and color perception.
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Exploring Color: Grade 10 Physics
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all work for calculations.
The image below shows the electromagnetic spectrum.
1. Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the longest wavelength?
2. How does the frequency of visible light compare to that of X-rays?
3. What color of light is refracted the most when passing through a prism?
Red
Green
Blue
Violet
4. Which of the following is an example of an opaque object?
Clear glass
Frosted glass
A wooden door
Tinted car window
5. The primary colors of light are red, green, and .
6. When all colors of the visible spectrum are combined, they produce light.
7. An object appears red because it red light and absorbs all other colors.
8. White light is composed of a single wavelength.
True
False
9. Pigments create color by emitting light.
True
False
10. Explain the difference between additive and subtractive color mixing.
11. Describe why the sky appears blue during the day and red/orange during sunrise/sunset.