Bill Nye Sheet- Wave Test Flashcards
White light is a mixture of?
All the colours in the rainbow
When light goes into a prism it breaks up into
All the colours of the rainbow call the full spectrum of colours
Prisms that split light into seprate colours are shaped like a
Triangle
When colours pass through a prism they
They split into there diffrent colours
White light is
Colourful
Fruits and veggies are particular colours becuase they
Reflect one color (the colour you see) and absorb all the rest of them colours
We don’t see things we see
Light bouncing off of things
Light is absorbed it changes too
Heat
Partials 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 result in a
Brownish 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
Newton has electrons get excited by high holtage and electricity so that light is emitted
— objects reflect all colours of light
— = white
The colour of an object is the colour of light it
Reflects
What does black whatever do in the light of sun
Absorbs heat and reflects very little
What does white do in the heat of the sun
Reflects most of the heat, and absorbs very little
Why is the sky blue
The sky is blue because of air molecules in the sky skatter light, and they skatter blue light more then red
White objects
Reflect all colours
Black objects
Absorb all colours