ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score one point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, two points on the Graduate Level and three points on the PhD Level.

SUBJECT: LIGHT

(e.g., Light is responsible for the sense of ____. Answer: Sight.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What is the main source of light on Earth?

2. The study of light is known as ____. Answer________

3. What phenomenon is caused by light being refracted by water droplets?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. What natural light display is often visible in the Arctic night sky?

5. What insect is best known for light production by bioluminescence?

6. Visible light exhibits properties of both waves and ____.

PHD LEVEL

7. Light with wavelengths of 400-700 nanometers is called ____ light.

8. Light with longer wavelengths is called _____ light.

9. What kind of electromagnetic radiation did Wilhelm Rontgen discover?

ANSWERS FOR SAT, MAR 17

1. Lava. 2. Leeward. 3. Latitude. 4. Little Rock. 5. Lithuania or Latvia. 6. Laos. 7. Lincoln. 8. Lisbon. 9. Liechtenstein. 10. Lima. 11. Loess.

12. Luanda. 13. Lagoon. 14. Levee.

15. Lignite.

SCORING

18 points – congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points – honoUrs graduate; 10 to 14 points – you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points – you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points – enrol in remedial courses immediately; 0 points – who reads the questions to you?