Bill Nye: Light and Color
___________________ light is fast, short waves.
Blue
The water reflects the light from the sky so on a clear day, bodies of water appear ______________.
blue
Why does a black cloth feel warmer in the sun?
It absorbs more energy as very little is reflected.
____________________ light is long, slow waves.
Red
The orange fruit looks orange because it __________________ the color orange and _______________ all the other colors.
The orange fruit looks orange because it ________reflects__________ the color orange and _______absorbs________ all the other colors.
_________________ light is a mixture of all the colors of the rainbow.
White
_____________________ reflects all colors.
White
White objects ________________ all colors. Black objects _________________ all colors.
White objects ________reflect________ all colors. Black objects _________absorb________ all colors.
Why is the sky blue? _____________ light gets scattered a lot more than ____________, so the sky appears blue.
Why is the sky blue? _______Blue______ light gets scattered a lot more than ______red______, so the sky appears blue.
The neon in the tubes lights up because the electricity _______________ the particles (electrons) in the neon gas.
excites
When white light passes through a _________________ it breaks up into the color spectrum.
prism
Red absorbs all colors except ________________.
red
The color of an object is the color of the light it ___________________.
reflects