Light Waves Review

The light we can see. 

• visible
• gamma
• ultraviolet

Can travel through matter (gas, liquid, solid) and empty space. 

• sound
• light

Makes you get sunburn. 

• x-ray
• visible
• ultraviolet

When light shines through a prism it creates a ________________

• colors
• ROY G. BIV
• spectrum
• electromagnetic wave

The highest point on a wave

• trough
• amplitude
• crest
• wavelength

Light is a form of 

• energy
• radiation
• reflection

What is reflection in simple terms?

• Soaks up light
• Passes through
• light bounces off

In a well lit room, your pupils will _____________________. 

• dilate
• shrink
• change color
• not change color

Wax paper or a foggy window is an example of what type of material. 

• transparent
• translucent
• opaque

What does refract mean?

• To shrink
• To bend
• To widen
• To enlarge