The Nature of Light

• A form of electricity

• A type of sound wave

• Traveling energy that we can see

A feather

• 186,000 miles per second

• 500,000 miles per day

• 10,000 miles per minute

1 mile per day

• Only sound waves

• All energy waves, including radio waves and light

• Only visible light

• Only x-rays and microwaves

range of all types of light waves

visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum

distance light travels in one year

to bounce back light

glass that separates light

• They disappear

• They change into heat

• They reflect, allowing us to see shapes and colors

They turn into sound

• No color waves

• A combination of all color waves

A White Star

• Only red and blue waves

• It makes the light waves faster

• It separates the light into different colors

• It combines the light waves

• It turns it into sound

• The shirt reflects only red light waves

• The shirt reflects all colors

• The shirt absorbs red light waves

• The shirt has no color

Make a sandwich

• Reflect all colors

• Absorb all colors

Turn it black