Light Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. the group of colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet) arranged in the order of their wavelengths; seen when white light passes through a prism and falls on a surface or when sunlight is scattered by water droplets to form a rainbow
  2. 3. cannot be seen
  3. 4. does not block light so that objects are entirely visible; clear
  4. 6. does not allow light through so objects on the opposite side cannot be seen; solid
  5. 8. able to be seen
  6. 10. a smooth or polished surface (ex: glass) that makes images by reflection
  7. 11. a point where something begins
  8. 13. to cause to separate (spread out) widely
  9. 14. visible wavelengths that make seeing possible
Down
  1. 2. light bounces back off a surface
  2. 4. lets some light through but objects are not clearly visible; frosted
  3. 5. a ray of light bends when it passes at an angle from one object into another
  4. 7. to take in something without giving it back
  5. 9. a transparent object that usually has three sides and bends light so that it breaks up into rainbow colors
  6. 12. the colors of the spectrum (rainbow) in order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet