Directions: Fill in the blanks. Choose your answers in the box below. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. Using a 1. _____, you can split up white light to form a spectrum. It is a block of glass with a triangular cross-section. The light waves are 2._as they enter and leave the prism. The shorter the wavelength of light, the 3.___________ its frequency and the longer the wavelength, the 4.___________its frequency. The colors are arranged in the order from longest wavelength: 5.________________________, 6._________, 7.______, 8.______,9. ____indigo and violet. Thus, when it comes to light waves, 10._________has the highest energy color while red has the lowest energy color.
red prism orange yellow violet
refracted higher lower blue green