Light Fantastic!
Visible light is a form of this type of energy.
What is radiant energy?
Light travels in this type of wave.
What are transverse waves?
The range of colors that make up white light is called what?
What is the visible spectrum?
When light bounces off an object, it is said to be what?
What is reflected?
Materials that allow light to pass through them easily are called what?
What are transparent materials?
The sun produces this type of energy.
What is radiant energy?
Light does not need this to travel.
What is a medium?
The colors of the visible spectrum are often remembered by this acronym.
What is ROYGBV?
The bending of light as it passes through different materials is called what?
What is refraction?
Materials that allow some light to pass through them are called what?
What are translucent materials?
Light transfers this from one place to another.
What is energy?
The distance between two corresponding points on successive waves is called what?
What is wavelength?
The longest wavelength in the visible spectrum is this color.
What is red?
A prism separates white light into its component colors through this process.
What is refraction?
Materials that do not allow any light to pass through them are called what?
What are opaque materials?
Solar panels transform light energy into this type of energy.
What is electrical energy?
The number of waves passing a given point in a designated time is called what?
What is frequency?
The shortest wavelength in the visible spectrum is this color.
What is violet?
When light passes through a material, it is said to be what?
What is transmitted?
Clear glass and water are examples of this type of material.
What are transparent materials?
Light energy can be transformed into this type of energy that warms the earth.
What is thermal energy?
The greater the frequency, the greater the amount of this.
What is energy?
The sum of all the colors in the visible spectrum is this.
What is white light?
When light is taken in by a material, it is said to be what?
What is absorbed?
Metal and wood are examples of this type of material.
What are opaque materials?