White Light -Multiple Choice Questions Quiz

Interactive MCQs on “White Light”:

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Question 1: What is white light?

(a) Light with all colors of the visible spectrum combined
(b) Light produced by a white source, such as the Sun
(c) Light that appears white due to its high intensity
(d) Light with only one color, white

Question 2: Which scientist first demonstrated that white light is made up of different colors using a prism?

(a) Isaac Newton
(b) Albert Einstein
(c) Marie Curie
(d) Galileo Galilei

Question 3: When white light is passed through a prism, what is the correct order of colors in the visible spectrum, from longest to shortest wavelength?

(a) Violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, red
(b) Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet
(c) Blue, green, yellow, orange, red, violet
(d) Green, blue, violet, red, orange, yellow

Question 4: What type of color mixing occurs when red, green, and blue lights are combined to produce white light?

(a) Subtractive color mixing
(b) Additive color mixing
(c) Reflective color mixing
(d) Absorptive color mixing

Question 5: What happens when white light passes through a transparent material, such as glass, and gets separated into its component colors?

(a) Dispersion
(b) Reflection
(c) Absorption
(d) Refraction

Question 6: Which color of light is bent the most when passing through a prism?

(a) Violet
(b) Green
(c) Yellow
(d) Red

Question 7: Which of the following phenomena demonstrates the separation of white light into its colors through dispersion?

(a) Rainbow
(b) Solar eclipse
(c) Lunar eclipse
(d) Aurora borealis (northern lights)

Question 8: What happens to an object that appears white under white light when illuminated with only red light?

(a) The object appears black.
(b) The object appears red.
(c) The object appears blue.
(d) The object appears white.

Question 9: What does the color of an object indicate about the light it reflects?

(a) The object absorbs that color of light.
(b) The object transmits that color of light.
(c) The object reflects that color of light.
(d) The object emits that color of light.

Question 10: Why does the color of an object appear different under different colored lights?

(a) The object emits different colors of light under different illumination.
(b) The object absorbs different colors of light under different illumination.
(c) The object's surface changes color under different illumination.
(d) The object's properties change under different illumination.