Rainbows & Light

A __________ is a transparent object with refracting surfaces that separate white light into a spectrum of colors.

• rainbow

• prism

• cloud

What is the bouncing of light off a surface?

• hue

• wavelength

• reflection

The bending of a ray when light passes from air into water is called _____________. (This is shown in this picture)

• refraction

• rainbow

• wavelength

__________ is how fast a wave vibrates, or goes up and down.

• amplitude

• frequency

• hue

Wavelength is ______________.

• how fast the waves come

• how many colors you see in a rainbow

• the distance between 2 peaks of a wave

The shade of color is called it's _________.

• wavelength

• hue

• reflection

An arc of color in the sky that can be seen when the sun shines through falling rain is called what?

• rainbow

• prism

• reflection

_________ means that something cannot be seen.

• hue

• opaque

• invisible

The ____ is the most important light source for Earth.

• moon

• sun

• planets

What is the light we can see with our eyes called?

• visible light

• invisible light

• wave frequency