Question | Answer |
Light travels in straight paths called: | rays |
How do we remember the colors of the visible spectrum? | ROY G BIV |
Which color in the visible spectrum has the longest wavelength? | Red |
Which color in the visible spectrum has the shortest wavelength? | Violet |
How fast does light travel? | 186,000 miles per second |
When light bounces off an object it is: | reflected |
When light is bent, it is: | refracted |
When light is absorbed by an object it is turned to: | heat |
When light travels through an object it is: | transmitted |
A lens or mirror that is thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges | convex |
A lens or mirror that is thinner in the middle and thicker at the edges | concave |
Dark colored clothing will ___________ light and turn it into ____________ | absorb ; heat |
Light colored clothing will ___________ light and help keep you _____________ | reflect ; cool |
Objects that let all light pass through them are: | transparent |
Objects that let no light pass through them are: | opaque |
Objects that allow some light, but not all, to pass through them are: | translucent |
When light hits an object and is stopped, it is: | absorbed |
Clear glass, clean water, and air are: | transparent |
Bricks, wood, and metals are: | opaque |
Stained glass windows are: | translucent |
Aluminum foil is: | opaque |
Wax paper is: | translucent |
Saran Wrap is: | transparent |
A piece of glass shaped like a triangular prism that refracts light and separates it into the colors of the rainbow (ROY G BIV) | prism |
Light from the sun that we feel as heat: | infrared |
Light from the sun that gives us a sunburn: | ultraviolet |
Light from the sun that doctors use to see our bones: | x-ray |
The small amount of light that we get from the sun that our eyes can actually see: | visible light |
The light with the longest wavelength | radio waves |
The light with the shortest (most dangerous) wavelength | gamma rays |