Mediums
Facts about Light
Wavelength
Energy
Random
100

Sounds traveling from a speaker to your ear travels through what medium? (What is the wave traveling through?) 

Air 

100

What type of path does light travel in? 

A straight Line. 

100

What color has the longest wavelength? 

Red 

100

Which color has the most energy? 

Violet 

100

What type of reflection is produced from a smooth surface. Specular or Diffuse? 

Specular 

200

Seeing a fish under the surface of the water. (2 different mediums) 

Air and Water. 

200

What type of wave is light? 

Transverse 

200

Which color has the  shortest wavelength? 

Violet 

200

Which color has the least amount of energy? 

Red 

200

What type of reflection is produced from a rough surface? Specular or diffuse? 

Diffuse

300
A seismic wave travels through what medium? (Hint a seismic wave is an Earthquake) 

The Ground/ Rock 

300

Light is made up of what color/ colors? 

All colors 

300

Which Color has the longer wavelength orange or green 

Orange

300

Which color has the most energy blue or green? 

Blue 

300

Light is only visible when it ________________. 

Hits something

400

Seeing light from a lightbulb. 

Air 

400

What is the term that describes light bouncing off of an object? 

Reflection 

400

Which color has the shortest wavelength blue or indigo 

Indigo 

400

Which color has the least amount of energy orange of indigo? 

Orange 

400

What is the term used to describe light breaking apart into all of the colors of the rainbow? 

-Diffusion 

-Diffraction 

-Dispersion 

Diffraction

500

Hearing Mr. Johnson teaching next door. (Hint there are 3 different mediums) 

Air, Wall, Air 

500

What is the term used to describe light bending when it enters a new medium? 

Refraction

500

Which color has the shorter wavelength green or blue 

Blue 

500

Which color has the more energy green or orange? 

Green 

500

Why does outer space seem so dark? 

There is nothing for light to reflect off of