Light Basics
Color
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Properties of Light and More
Grab Bag
100
The speed of light
What is 300,000,000 m/s or 3x10^8 m/s
100
The three primary additive colors.
What are red, blue and green?
100
The first color in the visible spectrum
What is red?
100
This property of light describes light bouncing off of a surface, causing it to change direction.
What is reflection?
100
The unit of Illuminance.
What is lux?
200
This term describes objects that readily transmit light.
What is transparent?
200
Blue light and Green light combine to create this color
What is cyan?
200
The last color in the visible spectrum
What is violet?
200
Objects that transmit light, but also scatter and diffuse light.
What is translucent?
200
This describes an object that does not transmit light.
What is opaque?
300
An object that gives off light because of light scattered from it is said to be this.
What is illuminated? (example: moonlight)
300
The complementary color of green.
What is magenta?
300
This EM ray has the highest energy.
What is Gamma Ray?
300
This property of light describes light changing speed as it enters a new media.
What is Refraction?
300
The part of a shadow from which all the rays of light are excluded
What is umbra?
400
An object that gives off light because of the energy of its accelerated particles is called this.
What is luminous? (example: the sun)
400
Combining all wavelengths of light creates this.
What is white light?
400
This EM Ray has the longest wavelength
What are radio waves?
400
The rate of flow of visible radiation
What is luminous flux?
400
Brightness and Distance are related in this way.
What is an inverse square? or Brightness decreases by the square of the distance from the source
500
Light is said to be dual in nature because it exhibits the properties of both of these.
What is a particle and a wave?
500
A Blue shirt in yellow light will appear this color.
What is black?
500
Light consists of these two oscillating fields at right angles to each other.
What are Electric and Magnetic fields?
500
The rate at which light falls on a surface.
What is illuminance?
500
The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
What is 42?
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