Light & Visibility
What is needed for us to see an object?
Light must reflect off the object into our eyes.
The classification of a material, like a clear window, that allows light to pass through it.
What is transparent?
Rough textures and dull surfaces can _________ light.
What is scatter?
What are all the colors of the rainbow, or the visible spectrum?
What is the colors that make up white light.
Why does a pencil look “bent” when placed in a glass of water?
What is refraction makes light bend?
Is light a form of matter or energy?
What is energy.
The classification of a material, like a frosted glass window, that scatters light and only allows some of it to pass through.
What is translucent?
White surfaces reflect all of the _______ rays.
What is light?
What tool helps us split light into a rainbow?
What is a prism?
Something that can be touched and seen.
What is object?
You can see an object that is reflecting red light because this color of light bounces off of it and into your eyes.
What is the color red?
The classification of a material, like a brick wall, that blocks all light from passing through it.
What is opaque?
Which color absorbs the most light energy
What is black?
Who was the first to discover that white light is made up of different colors?
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
A limited representation of something that can help us understand its structure or how it works.
What is model?
What do we call the path that light travels in?
What is a straight line?
A wooden door is an example of this type of material.
What is opaque?
What do we call light bouncing off a surface?
What is reflection?
What are the colors of the rainbow called?
What is the visible spectrum?
The matter from which a thing is or can be made?
What is material?
Which tool uses lenses and refraction to help us see small objects?
What is a microscope?
Compare and contrast the effect that opaque, transparent, and translucent materials have on the visibility of objects behind them.
What is: Opaque blocks all light, making the object invisible. Transparent lets all light pass through, making the object clearly visible. Translucent lets some light through, making the object blurry?
What is reflection?
This makes an object visible even if it doesn't create its own light?
This is the original source of the light that reflects off of objects, allowing us to see.
What is the sun (or a light bulb, or another light source)?
Energy that can be sensed by the eye.
What is Light Energy?