Light Wavelength and Color
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Objective
I can explain how the wavelength of light affects its perceived color.
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Warm-up video
Professor Dave Explains · 5:28Vetted channel
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
The mnemonic roygbiv can be used to remember the order of visible colors from lowest to highest frequency.
- 2
The colors we see are the wavelengths of light that are reflected by an object, while the other wavelengths are absorbed.
- 3
Refraction occurs when light passes from one medium to another and bends due to a change in velocity.
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Practice
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Which property of light is most directly related to its perceived color?
List the colors of the visible spectrum in order from lowest to highest frequency, using the mnemonic provided in the video.
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Exit ticket
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“Explain how the wavelength of light relates to the color we perceive, referencing the mnemonic 'roygbiv'.”
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