Light and Color Fundamentals
Explore the basics of light, its properties, and how we perceive colors. This worksheet covers reflection, refraction, and the visible spectrum.
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Light and Color Fundamentals
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. For multiple-choice questions, circle the correct option. For fill-in-the-blank and short-answer questions, write your answer in the space provided.
1. What happens when light bounces off a smooth surface?
Refraction
Reflection
Absorption
Diffraction
2. Which of the following colors has the longest wavelength in the visible light spectrum?
Blue
Green
Red
Violet
3. The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another is called .
4. White light is made up of all the colors of the .
5. Black objects absorb all colors of light and reflect none.
True
False
6. A prism separates white light into its component colors through a process called dispersion.
True
False
7. Look at the image below. Explain what is happening to the light as it passes through the prism.
Match the term on the left with its definition on the right.
8. Opaque
a. Allows some light to pass through, but scatters it
9. Translucent
b. Allows light to pass through completely
10. Transparent
c. Does not allow any light to pass through
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