Light 1. What thing reflects the most light?

A Mirror

Light 2. Name all the colors of the visible spectrum in order. * ROY G. BIV

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

Light 3. If you shine a light DIRECTLY at a mirror, what will happen to the light?

It will bounce straight back.

Light 4. Why does an object APPEAR as a certain color?

That color is reflected back into your eyes and the other colors are absorbed.

Light 5. When light passes through a prism, many colors appear. What are the colors called?

A visible spectrum.

Light 6. What type of material allows SOME light to pass through, but creates a blurry or fuzzy image when you look through it at an object?

Translucent

Light 7. What can be seen in space BECAUSE of reflected light?

The moon

Light 8. What is the bouncing back of light, from a surface called?

Reflection

Light 9. A substance which light can NOT pass through is an __________ object.

Opaque

Light 10. A material through which objects can be seen CLEARLY is an ___________ object.

Transparent

Light 11. A person can stay cooler in light colored clothing because light colors do what?

Reflect light

Light 12. Light that has been TAKEN in as heat energy is ____________.

Absorbed

Light 13. When light Bends as it passes from one material to another, we call it what?

Refraction

Light 14. How does light travel?

In very fast, straight lines called rays.

Light 15. Why do some objects cast a shadow?

Opaque objects block light.

Light 16. Which color absorbs the MOST heat energy?

Black

Light 17. When all of the colors of light are mixed together, it is called what kind of light?

White light

Light 18. Galileo was the first person to use an OPTICAL INSTRUMENT to study the sky. What was the optical instrument that he used?

A telescope

Light 19. The film inside of a camera is able to record images. This happens because the film is sensitive to ___________.

Light energy

Light 20. In the 1600’s, Anton Van Leewenhoek was a lens maker. What did his job help him do?

A microscope

Light 21. Why does a pencil in a glass of water appear BENT or BROKEN?

Light has refracted off of it.

Light 22. How are rainbows created?

The light refracts off of the raindrops.

Light 23. When light passes through a ___________, the rays are bent, a rainbow is formed, and different colors bend at different angles.

A prism

Light 24. What did Ben Franklin create that we still use today?

Bifocal lenses

Light 25. How long does it take light from the sun to reach the Earth?

About 8 ½ minutes