5.6C Light Energy Vocabulary NP

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What is a prism?

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A piece of glass that separates white light into colors of the rainbow.

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What is a lens?

Back

A piece of glass that refracts (bends or breaks) light.

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What is a medium?

Back

Material through which a wave travels.

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What does it mean to transmit?

Back

To send something across places; to pass along.

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What is refraction?

Back

Bending or breaking of light as it passes from one medium to another (from air to water).

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What is reflection?

Back

The bouncing back of light when it hits a surface.

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What is absorption?

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The process by which a material takes in light energy.

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What is light energy?

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Energy that is visible to the human eye and is responsible for the sense of sight.

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What is the difference between reflection and refraction?

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Reflection is the bouncing back of light, while refraction is the bending of light as it passes through different mediums.

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What happens when light passes through a prism?

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It separates into different colors, creating a spectrum.