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Light

Lets study light!!!!

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How does light help with our sight of color? Whatever your looking at absorbs all colors but that color that it appears as.
What does transparent mean? If you say "that glass is transparent" it means "that glass is clear".
What does translucent mean? It means that its not clear but its not completely something that you can't see through.
What does opaque mean? It means that you can definitely not see through it.
What does the cornea do? It protects the eye.
What is one effect of refraction? Light bends.
What is light? Light is a form of energy.
What are 2 properties of light? Brightness and color.
At about what speed does light travel? About 300,000,000 meters per second.
What causes light to bend when moving from one material to another? Refraction.
How are transparent and translucent materials different? Well transparent is VERY CLEAR and translucent is a little blurrier than translucent but clearer than opaque.
List 2 examples of light.... The sun and a light bulb.
What is visible light? The part of light that we can see.
What is white light? A light that has all the colors of the rainbow [roy g biv].
How do colors in the light effect the speed of light? Well with the roy g biv concept it doesnt work with light because with light it is iroy g bivu. The colors of light effect the speed of light because red is the fastest and indigo is the slowest.
What is a prism? A prism is an object that bends lightas light passes through it.
What is reflection? Reflection occurs when light bounces from a surface.
What is absorption? Absorption occurs when an object takes in light?
Imagine you are at a birthday party.A birthday cake is in the middle of the room. the room is very large. you are standing at the end of the room 10 meters away from the cake you can see the candles. How? The light travels all the way to where you are standing.
What is infrared light? A light that humans can feel but not see.
What is amplitude? The height of a light wave.
What is wavelength? The distance from the top of one wave from the top of another wave.
What is frequency? The number of waves that pass through a point in a certain time.
What is the fastest thing in the universe? The fastest thing in the universe is LIGHT.
What is the order of colors in light? Infrared,red,orange,yellow,green,blue,indigo,violet,ultraviolet
Why does a pencil look like its broken in water? Refraction.
What is an example of transparent? A example of translucent is a window.
What is an example of tranlucent? A rough glass of water.
What is an example of opaque? A example of opaque is a poster or a wall.
How does a shadow form? A shadow forms when something blocks light from a source.
When white light passes through a prism what light bends the least? Red light bends the least.
When white light passes through a prism what light bends the most? Ultraviolet light bends the most.
The light produced when these candles burn is made up of what light? Visible light
The deep-sea anglerfish has a rod that hangs down in front of him how does it help him? The end of the rod glows to attract prey.
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