THE COLOR SPECTRUM

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  1. 2. spectrum the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to (can be detected by) the human eye.
  2. 5. Device used to direct or focus light
  3. 8. At the Earth's surface almost all the wavelengths with any significant ______ are visible.
  4. 10. Photoreceptors in the eye that detect color
  5. 12. Math technique developed by Sir Isaac Newton
  6. 13. an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath.
  7. 15. it is found that many different combinations of light wavelengths can produce the same perception of color.
  8. 20. bent more than the yellow and red, so the colors separate
  9. 21. Bending of light when it passes from one transparent medium to another
  10. 23. form of energy emitted and absorbed by charged particles which exhibits wave-like behavior as it travels through space.
  11. 25. Bits of light
  12. 26. Conducted early experiments with light and the color spectrum (last name)
  13. 27. Science that deals with matter and energy and their interactions
  14. 28. Famous discovery of Sir Isaac Newton
  15. 29. a transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that refract light
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  1. 1. Newton’s study in ______ lead to the discovery of the light spectrum
  2. 3. Light rays beyond the red end of the visible spectrum
  3. 4. 1,000,000,000,000
  4. 5. electromagnetic radiation that is visible- to the human eye, and is responsible for the sense of sight
  5. 6. Photoreceptors in the eye that detect very dim light
  6. 7. Mathematics that deals with relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids
  7. 9. the linear distance around the outside of a closed curve or circular object
  8. 11. a painter French of the eighteenth century
  9. 14. a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist most notable for being the singer for the bands The Dear Hunter and The Receiving End of Sirens.
  10. 16. We see different ______ of light as different colors
  11. 17. arc or circle with bands of different colors
  12. 18. Light just below the violet end of the visible spectrum
  13. 19. a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely within a continuum.
  14. 22. Part of the eye that detects light
  15. 24. the cumulative title of a project by The Dear Hunter consisting of a series of nine EPs of which each reflects an individual color of the visible color spectrum (namely Black, Red, Orange, Yellow, Greeen