Light Vocabulary

Front

What do you call materials that do not let any light pass through them?

Back

Opaque

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Front

What principle states that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection?

Back

Law of reflection

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Front

What is the term for light energy that can be seen and can be broken into the colors of light in the rainbow?

Back

Visible spectrum

Front

How does light travel from a source?

Back

In a straight line

Front

What type of lens bends light rays outward?

Back

Concave lens

Front

What is the term for materials that allow light to pass through them?

Back

Transparent

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Front

What do you call materials that allow some light to pass through but not enough to see clearly?

Back

Translucent

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Front

What is the phenomenon called when light bends as it passes from one medium to another?

Back

Refraction

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Front

What is the name of the spectrum that includes all the colors of visible light?

Back

Visible spectrum

Front

What is the term for the bouncing back of light when it hits a surface?

Back

Reflection

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