6th Grade Module 5 Vocabulary

electromagnetic radiation that you can see

• light

• radiant energy

• transparent

• translucent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

energy carried by an electromagnetic wave

• light

• opaque

• radiant energy

• law of reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a material that allows almost all of the light striking it to pass through, and through which objects can be seen clearly

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• real image

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a material that allows most of the light that strikes it to pass through, but through which objects appear blurry

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• regular reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a material through which light does not pass

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• refraction

law that states that when a wave is reflected from a surface, the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence

• concave mirror

• convex mirror

• law of reflection

• focal point

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

an image of an object that your brain perceives to be in a place where the object is not

• focal point

• lens

• convex lens

• virtual image

a mirror that curves inward

• concave mirror

• convex mirror

• concave lens

• lens

the point where light rays parallel to the optical axis converge after being reflected by a mirror or refracted by a lens

• real image

• diffuse reflection

• focal point

• virtual image

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a mirror that curves outward

• concave mirror

• convex mirror

• convex lens

• lens