Science Crossword
Across
- 2. a flat sheet of glass that has a smooth, silver colored coating on one side
- 9. a transverse wave that involves the transfer of electric and magnetic energy
- 12. a material that transmits most of the light that strikes it
- 14. this occurs when parallel rays of light hit a smooth surface
- 15. an imaginary line that divides a mirror in half
- 16. a material that scatters the light that passes through it
- 17. any two colors that combine to form white light are called this
- 19. occurs when parallel rays of light hit an uneven surface
- 23. three colors that can combine to make any other color
Down
- 1. when the three primary colors of light are combined in equal amounts
- 2. the light that passes through a polarized filter
- 3. this forms when light rays actually meet
- 4. the image you see in a plane mirror
- 5. when light causes an electron to move so much that it is knocked out of metal
- 6. the energy that electromagnetic waves transfer through matter or space
- 7. a mirror with a surface that curves out-ward
- 8. a copy of the object formed by reflected or refracted rays of light
- 10. a mirror with a surface that curves inward like the inside of a bowl
- 11. a material that reflects or absorbs all of the light that strikes it
- 13. each packet of light energy
- 18. two primary colors combine in equal amounts to produce this
- 20. the point at which rays parallel to the optical axis reflect and meet
- 21. light waves as straight lines
- 22. a color that is produced when the three primary colors of pigments are combined in equal amounts
- 23. colored substances that are used to color other materials