Jeopardy A B C D E Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from A The bouncing of light.

$100 Answer from A Reflection

$200 Question from A The bending of light.

$200 Answer from A Refraction

$300 Question from A When light slows down, it:

$300 Answer from A is refracting

$400 Question from A We can see things because of this property of light.

$400 Answer from A Reflection

$500 Question from A Radio waves and Gamma Rays travel at the speed.

$500 Answer from A Same. It’s their wavelengths that are different.

$100 Question from B What makes something appear white?

$100 Answer from B When all colors are being reflected.

$200 Question from B What makes something appear black?

$200 Answer from B When all colors are being absorbed.

$300 Question from B If only blue light is reflecting off a surface, what color will the object be?

$300 Answer from B Blue

$400 Question from B If an object is not yellow, what is happening to the yellow light?

$400 Answer from B It’s being absorbed by the object.

$500 Question from B What color has the shortest wavelength & highest energy?

$500 Answer from B Violet (purple)

$100 Question from C Infrared and visible light have different what?

$100 Answer from C Wavelengths

$200 Question from C What measures the number of vibrations in a given time in a wave?

$200 Answer from C Frequency

$300 Question from C Which type of light has a higher energy level, microwaves or ultraviolet rays?

$300 Answer from C Ultraviolet (UV) rays

$400 Question from C What type of waves are used in “night vision?”

$400 Answer from C Infrared

$500 Question from C As you move from radio to gamma rays the wavelengths get and the increases.

$500 Answer from C Shorter Increases

$100 Question from D Name one object that’s transparent.

$100 Answer from D Window

$200 Question from D Name one object that is opaque.

$200 Answer from D Door, wall, etc.

$300 Question from D Name one object that is translucent.

$300 Answer from D Glass of milk, wax paper, stained glass.

$400 Question from D In order to see correctly, light has to be focused on this part of your eye.

$400 Answer from D The retina.

$500 Question from D When an object’s opaque, is light being reflected, refracted, or absorbed?

$500 Answer from D Mostly absorbed.

$100 Question from E What happens to blue light in the Earth’s atmosphere?

$100 Answer from E It scatters more than the other colors.

$200 Question from E List the 7 different types of light, starting with Radio waves.

$200 Answer from E Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, UV, X-ray, Gamma

$300 Question from E How does a prism work?

$300 Answer from E It refracts white light into The colors of the rainbow.

$400 Question from E What part of the eye controls how much light enters the pupil?

$400 Answer from E The iris (colored part)

$500 Question from E What’s the speed of light in a vacuum?

$500 Answer from E 300 million m/sec. or 186,000 mi./sec.

Final Jeopardy Explain the law of reflection.

Final Jeopardy Light always reflects at the exact opposite angle it strikes a surface at. 45°