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Adapted in part from Bill Nye: Light and Color Video Quiz
Circle the correct word or phrase to make the sentence correct.
- Without different WAVELENGTHS/AMPLITUDES of light we would not be able to see different colors of things.
- The colors of the rainbow CAN / CANNOT be broken down or separated further.
- The PHOTONS / CHEMICALS in the skins of fruits and vegetables absorb & reflect light to make them
look different colors.
- Black is seen when light is almost completely ABSORBED / REFLECTED. The energy is then changed to
HEAT / COLOR.
- Mixing colors of paint gives you the same result as mixing colors of light. TRUE or FALSE?
- A LASER / SPECTRUM is a very intense beam of light.
- A laser of MANY / A FEW watts is strong enough to burn a pencil!
- The color of an object is the color it ABSORBS / REFLECTS.
- Our sky appears blue because the atmosphere ABSORBS / SCATTERS more blue light than any other
color.
- T or F: White light is composed of all three primary colors of light.
- T or F: A prism is used to put all colors of light back together.
- T or F: Each color of the rainbow can be broken up into other colors using a prism.
- T or F: An orange looks orange because the chemicals in its skin absorb orange light.
- T or F: Much of the light that a black cloth absorbs is changed to heat.
- T or F: The light from a laser must be reflected before we can see it.
- T or F: Different colors of light from the sun have different wave lengths.
- A yellow-fleshed banana such as karat absorbs all colors except ____________.
- What color(s) is (are) being reflected by a blade of grass? ____________.
- Bill Nye quotes: "Inertia is a property of matter." Can light have inertia? Why or why not?
- List the primary colors of light (additive colors):
- List the secondary colors of light (additive colors):
- List the primary colors of paint and pigments (subtractive colors):
- List the secondary colors of paint and pigments and printers (subtractive colors):
- ________ What color is #F00?
- ________ What color is #FF0?
- ________ Toughie: What color is #F80?
- ________ What is the color angle for red?
- ________ What color is produced by a color angle of 240°?
- ________ What is the name of the color system that uses color words such as red, crimson, cyan, antiquewhite?
- Define hue:
- Define saturation:
- Define luminosity: