Light & Color 2020

Front

If you see a green leaf on a tree, what does it mean?

Back

Green is the color being reflected off the leaf.

Front

Is white light made up of all the colors of the rainbow?

Back

True

Front

What is the distance between one peak and the next in a wave called?

Back

Wavelength

Front

What color appears when all colors are absorbed?

Back

Black

Front

Why does an apple look red?

Back

Because it reflects red light waves and absorbs the others.

Front

What is the term for the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

Back

Refraction

Front

What do we call the phenomenon when light bounces off a surface?

Back

Reflection

Front

What is the primary source of natural light on Earth?

Back

The Sun

Front

What is the term for the colors that can be seen in a rainbow?

Back

Visible Spectrum

Front

What happens to light when it passes through a prism?

Back

It is dispersed into its component colors.