Make a Wave
Light is this kind of wave, as opposed to sound, which is a longitudinal wave.
What is a transverse wave?
This law states that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence.
What is the law of reflection?
According to this theory, light comes in little packets, which we cannot see because they are too small to distinguish.
What is particle theory?
This acronym allows us to remember the relative size of color wavelengths.
What is ROY G BIV?
Light travels fastest through this state of matter.
What is gas?
What is electric and magnetic?
This happens when light enters an obstacle and bends in response to its change in speed
What is refraction?
This theory, published by Christian Huygens, assumes that light is not a particle but this phenomenon characterized by frequency and wavelength.
What is wave theory?
These are the colors that make up white light from lowest frequency to highest.
What are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet?
This "light" have wavelengths that a longer than visible light and is typically emitted as heat.
What is infrared light?
Although widely accepted as being a wave, lights ability to travel through this presented a problem for scientists?
What is a vacuum?
When light travels from one substance to another, these two things can happen
What is reflection and refraction?
This theory holds that light is made up of two perpendicular waves.
What is the electromagnetic wave theory?
These three conditions must be met in order to see a rainbow.
What are water droplets must be suspended in the air, the sun must be shining on the from behind, and the sun must be at a certain angle in the sky.
This lens causes light ray to bend so that they focus on a single point
What is a converging lens?
This is a transverse wave composed of an oscillating electric field and a magnetic field that oscillates perpendicular to the electric field.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
This happens when light or sound waves bounce off an obstacle
What is reflection?
This theory states that the speed of light in a vacuum is maximum speed that can ever be achieved by anything that has mass.
What is the Special Theory of Relativity?
If a shirt is dyed green, these colors are absorbed by the dye.
What are red, orange, yellow, blue, indigo, violet?
This lens bends light rays outward, causing them to branch away from one another.
This wave has the lowest frequency and longest of any electromagnetic wave
What is a radio wave?
In this theory, light is viewed as tiny packets of waves.
What is the quantum-mechanical theory of light?
This subtractive primary color absorbs all visible wavelengths except those corresponding to blue and green.
What is cyan?
These cells are sensitive to color and transmit electrical signals to the brain when hit by certain frequencies of light.
What are cones?