This vocabulary word refers to a rhythmic pattern that carries energy.
What is a WAVE?
100
When light bounces, often off smooth, shiny surfaces.
What is REFLECTION?
100
This type of material allows light to pass through very easily.
What is TRANSPARENT?
100
The black part of the eye that lets light into the eye.
What is the PUPIL?
100
This word describes the colors of light we are able to see including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. (ROY G BIV)
What is the VISIBLE SPECTRUM?
200
Light is a type of this kind of wave.
What is an ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE?
200
When light bends as it passes from one transparent material to another. For example, when light passes from the air into the water. This causes an object like a pencil to appear disconnected where the air and water meet.
What is REFRACTION?
200
This type of object blocks all of the light from passing through and creates a dark shadow.
What is OPAQUE?
200
The beautiful blue, brown, green, or hazel part of your eye that adjusts to let more or light in through the pupil.
What is the IRIS?
200
This transparent object refracts light and separates it into the colors of the rainbow. When it rains, drops of water act like this object.
What is a PRISM?
300
A form of energy that can travel through empty space.
What is LIGHT?
300
Light that is taken in by an object is ___________.
What is ABSORBED?
300
This type of object allows some, but not all, light to pass through.
What is TRANSLUCENT?
300
The part of the eye that sits towards the front of the eye and focuses light onto the retina.
What is the LENS?
300
When the three primary colors of light (red, blue, and green) are combined, they form this color of light.
What is WHITE LIGHT?
400
A narrow beam of light that travels in a straight line from a light source.
What is a RAY?
400
This law of science explains that light bounces off an object (like a mirror) at the same angle that it hits the object.
What is the LAW OF REFLECTION?
400
An example of an opaque, translucent, and transparent object are...
What is aluminum foil, waxed paper, and plastic wrap.
ANSWERS MAY VARY!
400
The part at the back of the eye where the image of an object is projected. Funny enough, the image is upside down!
What is the RETINA?
400
A pumpkin reflects this color light while absorbing these colors.
What is ORANGE (reflects) and RED, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, VIOLET (absorbs).
500
These are two types of waves on the electromagnetic spectrum.
What are gamma rays, x-rays, UV rays, visible light rays, infrared rays, microwaves, and radio waves.
500
Mr. Terk mentioned that sunglasses are responsible for reflecting and absorbing light. Explain how this works in your own words.
Top layer of sunglasses reflect light, bouncing it off the sunglasses away from the eyes. Another layer absorbs light so that only some light is able to pass through to our eyes.
ANSWERS MAY VARY!
500
The reason why opaque objects make better, darker shadows than transparent or translucent objects.
Opaque objects block all of the light from passing through them, leaving a shadow in the shape of the object that is in the path of the light. Light goes around the object but not through it. Transparent and translucent objects let light through, making the shadow less dark.
500
The clear layer at the very front of the eye where thelight shines in.
What is the CORNEA?
500
Explain why mixing blue and yellow food dye makes green.