Light
Translucent/Transparent/
Opaque
Electromagnetic
Spectrum
Visible Light
Traveling Light
100
Light is a form of this.
What is energy?
100
Glass is an example of this.
What is transparent?
100

Light waves with shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies have (more or less) energy.

What is more?

100
ROY G BIV. This is what the Y stands for.
What is Yellow?
100

True or false? - Sound travels faster than light.

What is false?

200
Light travels in this kind of line.
What is straight?
200
These objects allow only a little light to pass through.
What is translucent?
200

This is a kind of light from the sun that we cannot see but can damage our skin if we do not protect it.

What is ultraviolet?
200

This is what we discover about white light when we send it through a prism.

What is the white light is made of colors?

200

This is created when light hits an opaque object.

What is a shadow?

300
Our primary source of light is this.
What is the sun?
300
Wax paper is an example of this.
What is translucent
300
Scientists measure wavelengths in these units.

What are nanometers?

300

The color of objects we see are determined by the color of the light that is not absorbed, but that is ________.

What is reflected?

300

This is happening when light bounces off a mirror.

What is the light is reflecting?

400

We see different colors because they have different ______________.

What are wavelengths?

400
These objects block or absorb the light.
What is opaque?
400

The numbers on a sunscreen bottle tell us the SPF. SPF stands for Sun _____________ Factor.

What is protection?

400
ROY G BIV. This is what the I stands for.
What is Indigo?
400
I put a straw into a glass of water. It looks like the straw is broken. This explains why.
What is light is refracted as it moves from air to water?
500

A tiny particle of light energy is known as a ____________.

What is a photon?

500
These objects allow light to pass through easily.
What is transparent?
500

Name another kind of wave (besides visible light or ultraviolet light) that can be found on the electromagnetic spectrum.

What are radio, microwave, radar, infrared, x-rays, or gamma rays?

500
In order for an object to be visible, it must either give off its own light or it must do this.
What is reflect light?
500

This is the spreading of light waves around an obstacle. (Hint: We used special glasses to explore this concept).

What is diffraction?

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