It's the Law!
Einstein's theory of Special Relativity says that nothing with ____ can travel faster the the speed of light.
What is mass?
The part of the electromagnet spectrum that the human eye can see.
visible light
The type of material that light waves can pass through but the material scatters the light waves.
Translucent
This candy's slogan is "Taste the Rainbow".
Skittles
The temperature of a body emitting a wavelength will _________ as the wavelength decreases.
increase
What is the law of reflection?
The angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence.
Electromagnetic waves that have shorter wavelengths than those of microwaves produce this kind of light.
Infrared Light
Radio waves have _____ frequencies than visible light.
Slower
These are the three primary colors of light
Green, blue and red
The particle theory of light views a ray of light as a beam of individual particles called this.
Photons
Unfair Bonus Points - roll the dice to see what happens.
If it's an odd number, you get the points! If it's even, you lose the points.
Electromagnetic waves that have shorter wavelengths than those of visible light produce this type of light.
Ultraviolet light
This type of ray is the most energetic electromagnetic wave.
Gamma Rays
Explain scattering.
When light waves pass through molecules or particles and get redirected.
The type of lens that refracts light rays through a single (focal) point.
A converging lens
The quantum-mechanical theory says that light is both ___ and ___.
A particle and a wave
This is what happens when light or sound waves encounter an obstacle. (List two options.)
It reflects or refracts
This is WHY X-rays are used to look at bones/teeth.
They have enough energy to pass through soft tissue but not enough energy to pass through bones.
These are three subtractive primary colors, or the primary colors of pigment.
Cyan, yellow and magenta?
The type of lens that refracts light, bending it outward and away.
A diverging lens?
The list of colors in the visible light spectrum, in order from shortest to longest wavelength.
VIB G YOR
This is the definition of Polarized light.
Light waves that vibrate in only one plane
This substance in the atmosphere protects us from much of the ultraviolet radiation that reaches earth from the sun.
OZONE
The mixing the three primary colors of light will make ______, while mixing the three primary colors of pigment will make _______.
White, then black
Light waves cause these two things to oscillate.
Magentic and electric fields