Unit 2 Vision and Light Vocabulary WP

Front

What is the term for all the living and nonliving things in an area?

Back

environment

Front

What is an illustration that shows how something works or what its parts are called?

Back

diagram

Front

What do we call the action of causing light to bounce off a material?

Back

reflect

Front

What is the ability to see known as?

Back

vision

Front

What do we call an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals?

Back

prey

Front

What is the term for the process of light entering the eye?

Back

refraction

Front

What is the name of the part of the eye that detects light?

Back

retina

Front

What do we call the colored part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil?

Back

iris

Front

What is the term for an object that emits light?

Back

source of light

Front

What do we call the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

Back

refraction