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Speed of Light & Wavelengths Quiz

1. What were first used to calculate the speed of light?
     prisms
     moons of Jupiter
     reflecting mirrors

2. The first land-based estimate of the speed of light was made by
     Olaus Roemer
     Léon Foucault
     Armand Fizeau

3. Light travels at
     186,282 miles per second
     185,093 miles per second
     136,646 miles per second

4. The amount of infrared light that an object emits depends on its
     temperature
     color
     atoms

5. Infrared wavelengths are
     fast
     medium
     slow

6. _____________ discovered ultraviolet light by dipping paper into silver nitrate.
     William Herschel
     Wilhelm Ritter
     Hans Christian Oersted

7. Maxwell proved that light itself must be a/an
     particle
     electromagnetic wave
     wavelegnth

8. Ultraviolet wavelengths are
     slow
     medium
     fast

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