Color And Light Flashcards

1
Q

What is light

A

A form of energy that travels in straight lines (flashlights)

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2
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All light is white but it is made up of many different?

A

COLORS

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3
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What is a spectrum ?

A

When white light passes through a prime it is separated into the different colors of the rainbows

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4
Q

What is the correct order of the rainbow?

A

ROY G. BIV

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

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5
Q

What is an example of a prisms?

A

RAINDROPS πŸ’§πŸ’§πŸ’§

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6
Q

What is the bouncing back of light from a surface called? It allows us to see objects that don’t produce their own light.

A

Reflection (like a ring πŸ’)

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7
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What light passes though one transparent material to another and changes direction?

A

Refraction (pencil in a cup)

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8
Q

What is light that does not pass through anything.

A

OPAQUE ( like brick)

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9
Q

The color an object appears is the color being absorbed. Why?

A

Because all the other colors in the spectrum are being reflected

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10
Q

A black object appears black because all other colors are being what?

A

Absorbed

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11
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An abject appears white when what?

A

Reflected

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12
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A violet object appears violet because violet is what?

A

It is reflected and the last of the colors

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13
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What are materials that let light pass through them clearly?

A

Transparent. Example: glass and water

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14
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What are materials that scatter light passing through them?

A

Translucent Examples: tissue and wax paper

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15
Q

What are materials they do not let light pass through them?

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OPAQUE. Examples: wood brick and ostrich and book

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16
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Brightness of light is related to the amount of light being seen. The closer in distance to the source of light, the ____________ the light appears.

A

Brighter