Terminology
Colors
Light Behavior
Technology
100
Materials that transmit light so objects behind them may be seen clearly
What is transparent?
100
The color produced when red and blue light are combined
What is magenta?
100
The term for light bouncing off of a material
What is reflection?
100
The type of light source which converts UV light to visible light
What is fluorescent?
200
The term for what happens to light when it travels from one material to a different material.
What is refraction?
200
The color produced when blue and green light are combined
What is cyan?
200
The term for light getting "eaten up" by a material
What is absorption?
200
Thin glass fibers which transmit light from one place to another
What is a fiber optic cable?
300
The substance inside a fluorescent bulb that absorbs UV and emits visible light
What is phosphor?
300
The color produced when red and green light are combined
What is yellow?
300
The term for light travelling through a material
What is transmission?
300
A 3D picture captured using a laser
What is a hologram?
400
The type of bulb that works by making a piece of metal hot enough to glow
What is an incandescent bulb?
400
The color which you can add to blue light to make white light
What is yellow?
400
The color of light which bends the most when going into a new material
What is violet light?
400
A type of light which works by amplifying light of a single wavelength
What is a laser?
500
Complete reflection of light at the boundary between two different materials
What is total internal reflection?
500
The color which you can add to green light to make white light
What is magenta?
500
Angle of incidence = angle of reflection
What is the law of reflection?
500
A transparent material that selectively transmits light
What is a filter?
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