Definitions
Light
Shadows
Rainbows
Reflection and Refraction
100
this word means to 'give off' something
What is 'emit'?
100
the word that means to glow or give off light at low temperatures
What is luminescence?
100
A dark image or figure cast on the ground or some surface by an object blocking incoming light.
What is a shadow?
100
Nature's display of the spectrum of colours produced when light passes through droplets of water.
What is a rainbow?
100
The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another.
What is refraction?
200
the definition is "to bounce off of a surface"
What is reflection?
200
An object we made out of a triangular prism made of mirrors, celophance and brightly colored paper and glass.
What is a kaleidoscope?
200
This is required to make a shadow.
What is light?
200
The shape made by a rainbow.
What is an arch?
200
A good reflector has this.
What is a smooth and shiny surface?
300
something that does not let light pass through it
What is opaque?
300
this tool is used by science students to experiment with light
What is a light box?
300
This is how a shadow is made?
What is an opaque object that blocks light?
300
The name or strategy used to remember the colours of the rainbow.
What is Roy G. Biv?
300
This happens when light is reflected onto a mirror at 30 degrees.
What is reflects back at 30 degrees?
400
Materials that let light pass through so an object can be seen clearly on the other side.
What is transparent?
400
This occurs when light passes through water.
What is a rainbow?
400
This is the time of day when a shadow is shortest.
What is 12:00 noon?
400
The primary colours of light are this.
What is red, green and blue?
400
When objects in water do not appear to be where the are, this is caused by ___________.
What is refraction?
500
A material that allows some light to pass through it but scatters the light in the process so that images are not clear. Frosted glass is one example.
What is translucent?
500
Like heat and sound, _______ is another form of energy in the universe.
What is light?
500
This object will never make a shadow.
What is glass (or any transparent object)?
500
This can be used to create a rainbow of light.
What is a prism?
500
Light travels _________ through water than through air.
What is slower?
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