YEAR 9 PHYSICS
QUIZ
ROUND ONE: LIGHT
Question One:
■ Are radio waves a part of the electromagnetic spectrum?
Question Two:
■ Give an example of where ultraviolet
waves come from
Question Three:
■ What colours of light make up the
following:
■ A) yellow light
■ B) magenta light
Question Four:
■ Why does an apple appear to be red?
Question Five:
■ How does a shadow form?
Question Six:
■ When white light shines
through a prism,
a) What happens to the light?
b) What is this called?
c) Which colour bends the most?
Question Seven:
■ List the Seven colours of the Rainbow in order.
ROUND ONE: LIGHT - ANSWERS
Question One:
■ Are radio waves apart of the electromagnetic spectrum?
- Yes
Question Two:
■ Give an example of where
ultraviolet waves come from.
- From the Sun, tanning bed,
Black light.
Question Three:
■ What colours of light make up the
following:
■ A) yellow light
Red and green
■ B) magenta light
Red and blue
Question Four:
■ Why does an apple appear to be red?
- All the colours of light are absorbed
expect red light, which gets reflected
into your eyes.
Question Five:
■ How does a shadow form?
- A shadow forms because light travels
in a straight line and cannot pass
through opaque objects
Question Six:
■ When white light shines
through a prism,
a) What happens to the light?
Spreads into all the colours of the
spectrum.
b) What is this called?
Dispersion
c)Which colour bends the most?
Violet
Question Seven:
■ List the Seven colours of the Rainbow in order.
-
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
ROUND TWO: MIRRORS AND
LENSES
Question One:
■ What does the
following diagram
show?
Question Two:
■ What is the name of the ray
that comes from a light
source and hits an object?
Question Three:
■ Complete the following sentence:
The angle of __________ is equal to the angle of _______
when measured from the _________.
Question Four:
■ Name the three types of mirrors and
an every day use for them.
Question Five:
■ True or False?
When light passes through a convex
lens, all the rays converge (move
towards) each other.
Question Six:
■ If you looked into a Concave
mirror up close and then far
away, how would you see
yourself?
ROUND TWO: MIRRORS AND
LENSES – ANSWERS
Question One:
■ What does the
following diagram
show?
- A Convex lens
Question Two:
■ What is the name of the ray
that comes from a light
source and hits an object?
- The Incident Ray
Question Three:
■ Complete the following sentence:
Reflection when
Incidence is equal to the angle of __________
The angle of __________
Normal
measured from the________.
Question Four:
■ Name the three types of mirrors and
an every day use for them.
1. Plane Mirror – Wall/Dressing
Mirrors.
2. Convex Mirror – On the street to see
around a corner, in stores.
3. Concave Mirror – Applying Make up
Question Five:
■ True or False?
When light passes through a concave
lens, all the rays converge (move
towards) each other.
- true
Question Six:
■ If you looked into a Concave
mirror up close and then far
away, how would you see
yourself?
- Up close you would be the
right way up but magnified.
- From far away you would be
upside down and smaller.
ROUND THREE: THE EYE
Question One:
■ What is the type of
lens that is in your
eyeball?
Question Two:
■ What is the name of the nerve in
your eye that sends the image to
your brain?
Question Three:
■ What is the function of
the pupil?
Question Four:
■ What happens to
the pupil in bright
light?
Question Five:
■ What is the use for the fat
and tissue that surrounds
the eyeball?
ROUND THREE: THE EYE ANSWERS
Question One:
■ What is the type of
lens that is in your
eyeball?
- A biconvex lens
Question Two:
■ What is the name of the nerve in
your eye that sends the image to
your brain?
- The Optic Nerve
Question Three:
■ What is the function of
the pupil?
- The Pupil lets light enter
the eye.
Question Four:
■ What happens to
the pupil in bright
light?
- It becomes smaller to
let less light in.
Question Five:
■ What is the use for the fat
and tissue that surrounds
the eyeball?
- The fat and tissue is there to
support and protect your
eyeball.