To bend; occurs when light changes speed as it travels from one transparent material to another.
What is refraction?
100
What we see when no color is reflected to our eyes.
What is black?
200
A triangular shaped piece of a transparent material that separates white light into the colors of the visible spectrum.
What is prism?
200
Very thin lines of light
What are rays?
200
Objects reflect most light off of smooth & _________ surfaces.
What are shiny?
200
Any transparent material that is curved so that it bends light.
What are lens?
200
What we see when all colors of light are reflected to our eyes.
What is white?
300
The distance from the top of one wave to the top of the next.
What is wavelength?
300
To pass through
What is transmit?
300
____________ (color) has the longest wavelength & _________ energy.
What is red & lowest?
300
A lens that is thick in the middle and thin on the edges; it magnifies objects before the focal point, and turns them upside down after the focal point.
What are convex lens?
300
Transmit light freely; can be seen through clearly
What is transparent?
400
The colors of the rainbow that make up white light; ROY G BIV
What is visible spectrum?
400
To take in; occurs when light hits a surface.
What is absorb?
400
Which color has the highest energy & shortest wavelength?
What are violet?
400
A lens that is thin in the middle and thick on the edges; it makes objects look smaller.
What are concave lens?
400
Transmits light diffusely; can be seen through, but the image is fuzzy.
What is translucent?
500
About 300,000,000 m/s or exactly 186,282.397 miles/s
What is speed of light?
500
Produces its own light
What is luminous?
500
What has more energy, radio waves or x-rays?
What is x-rays?
500
The place where light comes together to a point after passing through a convex lens or reflecting off a concave mirror.