Physics Terms
Across
- 3. a blue-green colour made by adding blue and green light
- 6. a tool for measuring angles
- 9. a collection of stars with their planets, dust and gas
- 11. separating white light into its component
- 14. word to describe a galaxy, having no clearly defined shape
- 16. a change in direction of light caused by a change in the speed of light passing through different medium
- 19. when light bounces off a surface without being absorbed
- 20. a pink colour made by adding red and blue light
- 21. the continuous range of colours in white light
Down
- 1. bowl-shaped dents on the surface of planets or moon caused by colliding objects
- 2. changed to become unclear
- 4. rocky objects, smaller than planets, that orbit the sun
- 5. describing a shape with three straight sides
- 7. to allow light to pass through
- 8. a 3D shape with a constant cross-section
- 10. in a ray diagram. this is a line drawn at 90° to a surface from which the angles of light rays are measured
- 12. a shape with curved arms extending out from its centre
- 13. the substance through which a light travels
- 15. all of space and everything contained in it
- 17. at 90°
- 18. a piece of glass designed to refract light