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