Vocabulary - Light and Force

A clear piece of curved glass or plastic that bends passing light to focus or spread the light rays.

• Reflection

• Direction

• Position

• Lens

The bending or redirection of energy waves as they pass from one substance to another

• Friction

• Reflection

• Lens

• Refraction

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The bouncing of energy waves off the surface of an object

• Reflection

• Gravity

• Force

• Refraction

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A push or pull that causes an object to move, stop, or change direction

• Friction

• Force

• Direction

• Position

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A line or course along which something is moving

• Movement

• Position

• Direction

• Friction

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A force that resists the motion of two surfaces sliding across one another

• Friction

• Gravity

• Movement

• Lens

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The force that causes objects with mass to attract each other

• Gravity
• Buoyancy
• Friction
• Magnetism

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A change in position or location

• Stillness
• Stagnation
• Movement
• Rest

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Where an object is located

• Size
• Position

• Weight
• Color

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Light
• Time
• Matter
• Energy

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