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Light, Color, and Reflection
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Light, Colour, and Reflection
🌈 Part 1: Colour and Light
1. What are the three primary colours of light?
Red, Yellow, Blue
Red, Green, Blue
Blue, Yellow, Green
Red, Orange, Yellow
2. When white light hits a red apple, what happens to the light?
All colours are absorbed
Red light is absorbed, other colours are reflected
Red light is reflected, other colours are absorbed
All colours are reflected equally
3. Which of these statements about how we see colour are correct? (Select all that apply)
Objects produce their own coloured light
Light must reflect off objects to reach our eyes
Our eyes detect the reflected light
All objects reflect all colours equally
4. A leaf appears green because it:
Absorbs green light and reflects other colours
Reflects green light and absorbs other colours
Only receives green light from the sun
Creates green light inside the leaf
🔬 Part 2: Light Box Investigation
5. Using your light box and colour filters, complete this table by observing what colour you see:
Light Source + Filter = Observed Colour
White light + Red filter = _______________
White light + Blue filter = _______________
White light + Green filter = _______________
White light + Red filter + Blue filter = _______________
6. Explain why a blue filter makes white light appear blue:
7. Draw a diagram showing how we see a yellow object. Include: light source, object, reflected light, and eye.
💭 Part 3: Apply Your Knowledge
8. If you looked at a red rose through a green filter, what colour would it appear? Explain your reasoning.
9. Complete this sentence: "We see objects as different colours because they __________ some colours of light and __________ others into our eyes."
10. Why do objects appear black in a dark room, even though they have colour in daylight?
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