Properties of Light
Vocabulary
Experiments
Transparent, translucent, or opaque
Potpourri
100
The light from a source such as the sun or a light bulb is called ___________
White Light
100
When light bounces off something it is being ______________.
reflected
100
We used ____________ to remove some colors from a ray of light. (think of a coffee maker).
color filters
100
An object that is able to block light and cast a shadow is ______________.
Opaque
100
Electricity is the flow of ___________ in a circuit. (They're tiny!!!)
atoms
200
Light travels in a straight line called a _______________
Ray
200
When light is bent as it passes through something, the light is being _____________.
refracted
200
The technique used for separating colors is called _________________.
chromatography
200
An object that lets light shine through and cast no shadows is known as _________________.
transparent
200
5 steps of the engineering design process are:
Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve
300
True or False, light can bend around a corner without being reflected or refracted.
False
300
When white light is bent, we see the colors of the visible __________________.
spectrum
300
Describe the experiment we did using coffee filters. Why did we do it?
We put a black marker dot on a coffee filter then brushed it with water. The black turned into a bunch of different colors. We did this to show that black is made up of a variety of colors.
300
And object that lets some light pass through, scatters some light, and absorbs some light is ________________.
translucent
300
Name three materials we needed to use to create a circuit and turn on a light.
Source (batter), wires, and light bulb
400
When an object takes in light, it ________________s it.
absorbs
400
Light is a form of E______________.
energy
400
What object did we use to refract light beams in order to see the spectrum?
A Triangular Prism
400
A clean window is a ____________ object.
transparent
400
What are Mr. Crowley's two favorite toppings on pizza?
Pepperoni and Red Peppers
500
What colors is white light made of?
ROY G. BIV red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
500
Combining different colors to make new colors is known as Subtractive ___________ _____________ .
subtractive color mixing
500
The three colors that can be combined in different proportions to create any other color are: __________, __________, and __________. These are known as the ___________ colors.
Red, green, and blue primary
500
A piece of paper that lets some light through, but not all the light, is _______________.
translucent
500
78 x 36 = ?
2808
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