Light and the Visible Spectrum

Front

What is a wavelength?

Back

The distance between two crests of a wave.

Front

What is the visible spectrum?

Back

The part of light waves we can see.

Front

What color has the longest wavelength?

Back

Red.

Front

True or False: Light travels in transverse waves.

Back

True.

Front

What is the lowest part of a transverse wave?

Back

Trough.

Front

What is a crest in a wave?

Back

The highest part of a transverse wave.

Front

What is light?

Back

A form of energy that travels in waves.

Front

What are the primary colors of light?

Back

Red, Green, and Blue.

Front

What happens when light passes through a prism?

Back

It is refracted and separated into the visible spectrum.

Front

What is refraction?

Back

The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another.