Waves interacting with matter

come back to you

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• transmit

• diffract

take something into itself

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• transmit

• diffract

pass something to others

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• transmit

• diffract

change directions when it enters a new material

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• transmit

• diffract

bend around an obstacle

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• transmit

• diffract

light bouncing off a mirror

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• transmit

• diffract

A lens focuses light in a new direction.

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• transmit

• diffract

seeing the sun through a clear window

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• transmit

• diffract

Light bends around you and makes the shadow fuzzy.

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• transmit

• diffract

No light is reflected from the black t-shirt.

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• transmit

• diffract