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Color
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An object used to separate white light into color | Prism |
| A collection of waves that includes visible light, radio waves and x-rays | Spectrum |
| A substance used to color ink and paint. Also it is the colored material that absorbs colors of light & reflects other colors. | Pigment |
| The only part of the electromagnetic spectrum seen by the human eye. | Visible Light |
| Why do leaves appear green? | Leaves appear green because leaves reflect green light and absorb all the other colors of light. |
| When you are in the sun, why do you feel cooler in white than you do in black clothing? | The white clothing reflects the light from the sun, but the black clothing absorbs the light. |
| Why do you see a rainbow in the spray of a fountain or lawn sprinkler? | The drops of water act like tiny prisms and refract (bend) the light waves. This separates the white light into the colors of the rainbow. |
| If you shined a flashlight through blue tissue paper so that the beam from the flashlight hits a white wall, what color would you see? | It will be blue. The tissue paper absorbs all of the colors of light except blue. Blue light passes through the paper and is reflected off the wall. |
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