Vocabulary Unit 5 Lessons 1-5

vacuum

• an area of darkness created when light is blocked by something

• emptiness

• to make something look larger or sound louder

• to twist out of normal shape

illuminates

• an area of darkness created when light is blocked by something

• emptiness

• to make something look larger or sound louder

• provides light; brightens; makes something clearer or easier to see or understand

energy

• force or physical power; what living things need to exist and be active

• emptiness

• to make something look larger or sound louder

• provides light; brightens; makes something clearer or easier to see or understand

shadow

• force or physical power; what living things need to exist and be active

• an area of darkness created when light is blocked by something

• to make something look larger or sound louder

• provides light; brightens; makes something clearer or easier to see or understand

transparent

• force or physical power; what living things need to exist and be active

• an area of darkness created when light is blocked by something

• to make something look larger or sound louder

• clear, see-through so that light gets through

opaque

• force or physical power; what living things need to exist and be active

• an area of darkness created when light is blocked by something

• not clear, blocking all light so that none gets through

• clear, see-through so that light gets through

absorb

• to take in or soak up

• an area of darkness created when light is blocked by something

• not clear, blocking all light so that none gets through

• clear, see-through so that light gets through

distort

• to take in or soak up

• to twist out of normal shape

• not clear, blocking all light so that none gets through

• clear, see-through so that light gets through

concave

• to take in or soak up

• to twist out of normal shape

• not clear, blocking all light so that none gets through

• curving inward; shaped like the inside of a bowl

convex

• to take in or soak up

• rounded or curving outward; shaped like the outside of a bowl

• not clear, blocking all light so that none gets through

• curving inward; shaped like the inside of a bowl