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Home
A Trip to a University
Reflection and Refraction
Absorption of Light
Different types of Energy
Distance, velocity,time

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Welcome to the world of light!
Here you will be able to find out what light is, how it works and what it does.
Sorces of light give off their own light, instead of reflecting it.
eg, the sun, torches and candles.

Light Facts:
 
Light is a form of energy.
 
Light travels in STRAIGHT lines
 
There are many colours of light, this is called the spectrum.
 
The speed of light is about 300,000 km per second. That's enough to around the Earth seven times!

Colours!

Light, or white light, is made up of several colours, the colours of the raibow.
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
 
Have you noticed this spells ROYGBIV? That's how you remember the colours of the spectrum and what order they're in.

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On this website we also talk about energy.
How do you measure energy?
What are the differet kinds of energy?

Fact: Without light, we wouldn't be able to survive
(or see for that matter)