BILL NYE: LIGHT AND COLOR
Name:_____________________
You Tube: “Bill Nye The Science Guy Season 1 Episode 16 Light and Color”
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQuxucZrxh0)
PRE-TEST:
1. What is ROYGBIV?______________________________________________________________________
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O________________
Y________________
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B________________
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2. What shape is a prism? _____________________
3. Why does black clothing cause you to become hotter than white clothing?
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MOVIE QUESTIONS WORD BANK:
BOUNCES
WHITE
ALL
REFLECTS
ABSORBS
SPECTRUM
CHARGES
BLUE
PURPLE
HEAT
GREEN
PRISM
AIR MOLECULES
PRIMARY
BLACK
PURE
WAVES
ORANGE
COLORS
PIGMENT
1. ________________________ light is a mixture of all the colors of the rainbow.
2. All of the colors of the rainbow are called the full ______________________ of colors.
3. When WHITE LIGHT passes through a _____________________, it breaks up into all
colors of the rainbow.
4. When PURE COLORS pass through a prism, only the ____________ color is seen.
5. Pigment/dye/paint colors are very different than light colors. What happens
when you mix the following pigment colors together?
RED + BLUE =
YELLOW + BLUE =
YELLOW + RED =
ALL COLORS MIXED
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6. Chemicals/particles in paint that absorb some colors and reflect other colors are
called _______________________.
7. Light is a form of energy, so it makes sense to say that when light is absorbed, it is
changed into ______________________.
8. Neon tubes light up because the electricity ______________________ the particles
(electrons) in the neon gas.
9. Lasers work because their light ___________________ off of particles or surfaces.
10. A car is red because it _____________________ red light (the color you see), and
____________________ all of the other colors of light.
11. White reflects _____________ colors of light, and therefore also reflects a lot heat
from the sun.
12. Black absorbs all _____________________ of light, and therefore causes objects to heat.
13. Red, green, and blue are the ___________________ colors of LIGHT that our eyes are
especially sensitive to processing.
14. Light travels in ____________________, red is long and slow, blue is short and fast.
15. The sky is blue because _______________________________ in the sky bend and scatter
more blue light than any other color.
16. Since water reflects light from the sky, on a sunny day water appears ____________.
SUMMARY QUESTIONS - SHORT ANSWER (NO WORD BANK):
1. What is produced when all colors of LIGHT are mixed?_____________________________
2. What is produced when all colors of PIGMENT are mixed?_________________________
3. Explain why we actually don’t see “things”. __________________________________________
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4. Why does an orange appear orange when exposed to white light from the sun?
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5. The color of an object is the color of light it ___________________________________________
6. What colors of light are reflected off of a white object? ______________________________
7. What colors of light are reflected off of a black object? _______________________________
8. What would we be able to see if we didn’t have different colored light? ____________
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