Bill Nye Flashcards
White light
Is a mixture of all the colours of the rainbow, and colourful
When white light goes into a prism, it breaks up into…..?
All the colours of the rainbow, called the full spectrum of colours
Prisms that spilt light into separate colours are shaped like a…?
Triangle
When pure colours pass through a prism, they….?
Split into their different colours
Fruits and vegetables are particular colours because they….?
Reflect one colour (the colour you see) and absorb all the rest of the colours.
We don’t see things, we see…?
Light bouncing off of things
When light is absorbed, it’s is changed to..?
Heat
Particles in paint that absorb some colours and reflect others are called…?
Pigment
Mixing all colours of light gives…..?
White light
Mixing all the colours of paint results in….?
Brown colour
When objects absorb all or most of the colours of light that hit them, they appear to be…?
Black
Light is produced by neon tubes by…..?
Neon gas, electrons get excited by the high voltage so that light and electricity is emitted
…… objects reflect all colours of light
White
The colour of an object is the colour of light it…?
Reflects
Black …. most of the heat from the sun
Absorbs
