A
What do you call objects that do not allow any light to pass through them?
Opaque objects
What makes a pencil look broken when it is placed in a cup of water?
Refraction
Light is a form of ________.
Energy
What color coat would help you feel warmer on a cold sunny day- white or black?
Black
What do you call objects that allow some light to pass through them?
Translucent objects
Light can travel through objects. It can also do 3 different things. What are they?
Light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.
When all of the colors of the visible spectrum combine it creates __________ light.
White
The distance between two crests or troughs on a light wave is called the _________________.
Wavelength
The bottom of a light wave is called a ______.
Trough
What is the term for when light waves bend when passing from one medium to another?
Refraction
Each color of the visible light spectrum has a different (select all that apply)
size
wavelength
frequency
energy
wavelength, frequency, energy
The top of a light wave is called a __________.
Crest
What is the phrase/letters to help remember the colors of the visible spectrum?
ROYGBV
What is another word for when light passes through an object? (For example, when light travels through a glass window)
Transmitted
What tool can be used to separate white light into all colors of visible light?
A prism
Andy is wearing a blue shirt. It is blue because the blue light is _________ and all of the other colors are ___________.
Reflected, absorbed
Using a mirror is an example of light being _________.
Reflected
Light energy is a form of _________ energy.
Radiant energy
Transverse waves
What is the name of the only part of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can see?
Visible light spectrum
What color light waves have the least amount of energy and the lowest frequency?
Red
Light waves are transverse, which means they do not need to travel through _______________.
Which 2 things would be examples of light energy being absorbed and transformed?
A) A person outside in the sun starting to sweat
B) Sunflowers growing in a sunny field
C) A dog going for a walk outside
A, B