Question 1
What is the band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism called?
- Spectrum
- Focal point
- Wavelength
- Photon
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Spectrum
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Optics trivia quiz
Think you know Optics? Prove it against a real opponent. QuizDown has over 120 Optics questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.
What the Optics questions cover
- Diffraction
- Polarization
- Electro-Optics
- Reflection
- Aberrations
- Dispersion
- Refraction
- Scattering
- Birefringence
- Coherence
- Crystal Optics
- Eyeglasses
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Question 2
Which scientist famously showed that white sunlight can be separated into different colors?
- Albert Einstein
- Isaac Newton
- Galileo Galilei
- Marie Curie
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Isaac Newton
Question 3
For a ray bouncing off a smooth surface, how does its outgoing angle compare with its incoming angle?
- It is half as large
- It is always zero
- They are equal
- It is twice as large
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They are equal
In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.
How a Optics match works
- Seven rounds. The same seven Optics questions for you and your opponent.
- Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
- The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.
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