5th Grade Science Light Waves
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What is a prism? | Cut clear glass or plastic in the form of a triangle or other geometric that is used to create a spectrum or band of colors of the rainbow.
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| What is reflection? | Light bounces off an object.
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| What is absorption? | The stopping of light.
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| What is refraction? | The bending of light waves as they move from one substance to another.
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| Definition of opaque? | Little or no light travels through it.
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| Definition of transparent? | Most light gets through.
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| Definition of translucent? | Some light can get through but it appears blurry or foggy.
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| Definition of visible spectrum? | Light passing through a prism.
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| What colors make white light? | red, green, and blue.
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| What does a prism do? | It bends light by refraction into a spectrum of colors.
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| How does light travel? | It travels in waves in a straight lines called light rays.
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| How is a rainbow formed? | when sunlight hits raindrops in the sky seperating the light into a spectrum.
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| What is the law of reflection? | The angle of incoming light ray equals the angle of reflected ray.
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| Why do grass and leaves appear green to our eyes? | Chlorophill absorbs some colors but scatters the green light waves which the human eye sees.
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| What colors have the longest wavelengths? | red, orange
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| What colors have the shortest wavelengths? | blue, violet
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