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S TA N D A R D S - B A S E D
Standards-Based Assessment
Record your answers on a separate piece of paper.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1 Which of the following statements is true about the
speeds of gamma rays and radio waves in a
vacuum?
A Gamma rays travel faster than radio waves.
B Radio rays travel faster than gamma rays.
C Gamma rays and radio waves travel at the same
speed in a vacuum.
D The speed of gamma rays and radio waves in a
vacuum depends on their frequencies.
2 Which of the following correctly states the law of
reflection?
A The angle between an incident ray of light and
TEST PREP
ASSESSMENT
The Standards-Based Assessment
questions will help students prepare for
5 If a hummingbird hovers 30 cm in front of a win-
dow, what will it see?
their final examination in the course. If
you wish to give students practice in
A the image of a very large hummingbird 5 cm in
front of the window.
coding their answers, look for the
B the image of a very small upside-down hum- Standards-Based Assessment Answer
mingbird 30 cm behind the window. Sheet at HMHScience.com. There you
C the image of a normal-sized upside-down will also find a Gridded Response
hummingbird 30 cm behind the window. Practice Sheet, which you can use for
D the image of a normal-sized right-side-up added practice in coding Gridded
hummingbird 30 cm behind the window.
Response items.
6 What kind of mirror is shown in this ray diagram? To give students practice under timed
testing conditions, allow them five
minutes per question.

Complexity
Knowledge

Cognitive
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Depth of
the normal to the mirror’s surface equals the

Answer
angle between the mirror’s surface and the
reflected light ray.
B The angle between an incident ray of light and
the mirror’s surface equals the angle between the 1 C II L
p = 15.0 cm q = –6.00 cm
normal to the mirror’s surface and the reflected
light ray. 2 C III M
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C The angle between an incident ray of light and the 3 C IV H
normal to the mirror’s surface equals the angle B convex
between the normal and the reflected light ray. C concave 4 B II M
D The angle between an incident ray of light and D Not enough information to draw a conclusion
5 D III M
the normal to the mirror’s surface is complemen-
tary to the angle between the normal and the GRIDDED RESPONSE 6 B II L
reflected light ray. 7 The clothing department of a store has a mirror that 7 IV H
consists of three flat mirrors, arranged symmetrically
3 Which of the following processes does not linearly so that a person standing before the mirrors can see + 6 5
polarize light? how an article of clothing looks from the side and
A scattering back. Suppose a ray from a flashlight shines on the + . . . . . . .
B transmission mirror on the left. If the incident ray makes an angle
C refraction of 65° with respect to the normal to the mirror’s - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D reflection surface, what will be the angle θ, in degrees, of the
ray reflected from the mirror on the right? 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 Which of the following kinds of waves cannot be
polarized? 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A microwaves
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
B ultrasonic waves
C infrared waves
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D gamma waves
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KEY
InCopy Notes
Depth of Knowledge Cognitive Complexity
1. This is a list
I Recall L Low
II Skill/Concept M Moderate
III Strategic Thinking H High
IV Extended Thinking

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