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Play Fill in the Blanks Game
Why do we see colors ?

1 . - Visible light from the sun comes to Earth as ____________________ light , traveling through space in the form of waves .
2 . When light waves are refracted as sunlight passes through raindrops , their wavelengths are separated , and we see them as different ____________________ .
3 . - A triangular piece of glass or plastic called a ____________________ bends light and separates it into the wavelengths that make up white light .
4 . - Light passing through the slits of a ____________________ ____________________ is refracted , and the wavelengths that make up the light can be seen .
5 . - Sunlight striking an object may be refracted , reflected , or ____________________ .
6 . - The light that is reflected by an object determines the ____________________ of that object .

How many kinds of light are there ?

7 . - Energy from the Sun travels in many types of waves , the ____________________ ____________________ contains the full range of these wavelengths .
8 . - The spectrum is arranged from long waves , with the ____________________ amount of energy , to short waves with the
____________________ amount of energy .