Light Science Unit

What does it mean to absorb?

• to take in without motion
• clear or easy to see through
• a type of energy that makes things visible
• allowing light but not detail to pass through

What is light?

• clear or easy to see through
• to put forth or send out
• a type of energy that makes things visible
• a transparent crystal used to separatelight

What is a prism?

• a dark unlit shape caused by blocked light
• property of light seen as different hues
• curving or arched inward
• a transparent crystal used to separate light

What does it mean to refract?

• to bend something, almost always light
• clear or easy to see through
• a polished surface which reflects an image
• allowing light but not detail to pass through

What is a lens?

• transparent material for focusing light
• a transparent crystal used to separate light
• band of colored lights
• able to be seen

What does it mean to be opaque?

• to put forth or send out
• to take in without motion
• unable to see through
• transparent material for focusing light

What does it mean to reflect?

• a polished surface which reflects an image
• a transparent crystal used to separate light
• to form or reproduce an image by mirroring  it
• to bend something, almost always light

What does it mean to be translucent?

• curving or arched inward
• to put forth or send out
• allowing light but not detail to pass through
• to bend something, almost always light

What is a shadow?

• to form or reproduce an image by mirroring it
• transparent material for focusing light
• a type of energy that makes things visible
• a dark unlit shape caused by blocked light

What does it mean to be transparent?

• a dark unlit shape caused by blocked light
• to take in without motion
• the tone or color of the skin
• clear or easy to see through