Light Sources
Name one common source of natural light
What is the sun?
What kind of object makes the best reflector of light?
What is a mirror?
What color absorbs the most light?
What is black?
What word describes how light travels?
What is in straight lines?
What is the shadow created by light called?
What is a silhouette?
Name a man-made source of light you might use at night?
What is a flashlight?
What happens to light when it strikes a smooth, flat surface?
What is it reflects at the same angle?
What color reflects the most light?
What is white?
Name one way light interacts with matter?
What is reflection, absorption or transmission?
What toys uses mirrors and colored glass to create patterns?
What is a kaleidoscope?
What is the name of the light produced by combining all colors?
What is white light?
What natural phenomenon is created when light is refracted and separated into colors?
What is a rainbow?
Why does a blue shirt look blue?
What is because it reflects blue light?
What is transparent?
What is a nightlight or sensor light?
What is the term for light created by living organisms like fireflies?
Why does a straw look bent in a glass of water?
What is because of refraction?
What happens to light that an object absorbs?
What is it turns into heat?
What kind of material scatters light, making objects blurry?
What is translucent?
What is the name of the instrument that measures the brightness of light?
What is a light meter?
What kind of light source is used in lighthouses to guide ships?
What is a lamp or beacon
What tool bends light to magnify small objects?
What is a magnifying glass?
What tool can you use to see the different colors in white light?
What is a prism?
What kind of material blocks light completely?
What is opaque?
What scientific tool uses light to help us see very far away?
What is a telescope?