Light Waves Vocabulary Practice

To take in

• absorb

• transmit

• transfer

• reflect

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to give off

• emit

• frequency

• generate

• transmit

a type of wave that carries energy from one place to another, even through empty space

• sound

• light

• water

• wavelength

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an object that emits light

• Darkness
• shadow

• obscurity

• light source

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to bounce off without absorbing

• reflect
• absorb
• dissipate
• transmit

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to pass through

• transmit

• obstruct
• block
• penetrate

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to form a mental picture of something that cannot be seen

• realize

• connect

• visualize

• tactile

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a pattern that describes how energy is carried from one place to another

• particle
• wave
• solid
• liquid

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the distance from one peak of a wave to the next

• frequency
• height
• amplitude
• wavelength

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the ability to make things move or change

• energy

• rest
• static
• force

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