Visible Light

What color does a subtractive and an additive color system make?

• Subtractive- black   Additive-  yellow
• Subtractive- blue    Additive- black
• Subtractive- black    Additive- white

Order in which wavelengths are from shortest to longest (color).

• BIV G  ROY
• ROY  G  BIV
• GIV  R  YOB
• VIB  G  YOR

What type of electromagnetic radiation can we see?

• Visible Light
• Microwaves
• Infrared Waves
• Gamma Rays

How is visible light made?

• Heat lamps
• Light bulbs
• The sun
• All of the above

Isaac Newton was the first person to discover that white light is made up of colors of the rainbow.

• False
• True

What happens when you pass white light through a prism? 

• Nothing
• It will show the colors of the rainbow
• The prism will shatter
• The light will pass straight through

What is another name for turning heat energy into light energy?

• Incandescence  
• Radiation 
• Visible Light

What do we use visible light for?

• Food and water
• To see, optic organs, and for light

Visible light can damage your retina and cause perminent damage.

• True
• False

What is coherent light?

• Produced by a laser
• Produced by a heat lamp
• Produced by the sun