Wegobee

Light Waves

Light, Color and Sound Vocabulary

The Sun gives us light and heat.  Light is made of tiny parts called particles.  Light makes waves.

Light moves in waves.  Sound can make waves.  Sound makes air moves back and forth.  It makes waves.  This is called to vibrate.  Sound vibrates. The tiny parts of light called particles move back and forth, or p and down.  This is called a wave.  We cannot see the waves.  But we see light!

Light moves back and forth, or up and down.  This is called a light wave.  

Light is made of very small things.  This is called a particle.

Light is made of tiny parts.  These tiny parts of light are called light particles.

The sun gives off heat and light.  This is called sunlight.  Sunlight lights up our world!