Light Vocab Flashcard Review

Front

When an object absorbs another substance

Back

Absorption

Front

Light bending through an object

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Refracted

Front

To give off or produce

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Emit

Front

Light spreads out and is deflected through a substance.

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Scattered

Front

Light passing through an object

Back

Transmitted

Front

Top of a wave (hill) in a wave diagram

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Crest

Front

Bottom of a wave (valley)

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Trough

Front

Distance between two wave crests

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Wavelength

Front

Colorless gas formed by electricity/UV light through O2, creating a layer that scatters UV rays, protecting life.

Back

Ozone

Front

Gases surrounding Earth, forming the boundary with space.

Back

Atmosphere