Vocabulary Review

How long a wave is; the distance from top of one wave to top of next wave.

• Vacuum

• Spectrum

• Pitch

• Wavelength

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Clear, see-through so that light gets through

• Transparent
• Translucent
• Reflect

• Opaque

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Emptiness

• Vacuum

• Vibration

• Opaque

• Lens

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Not clear, blocking all light so that none gets through

• Opaque
• Reflect

• Translucent
• Transparent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Curving inward; shaped like inside of bowl

• Volume

• Vacuum

• convex
• concave

Rounded or curving outward; shaped like outside of bowl

• concave
• Lens

• Vacuum

• convex

To throw back light, heat or sound from a surface

• Lens

• Translucent

• Transparent

• reflect

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A clear piece of curved glass or plastic that is used to make things look clearer, larger or smaller

• Reflect

• Transparent

• lens
• Translucent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The act of light changing direction or bending as it travels through different objects or substances

• Refraction
• Vibration

• Translucent

• Reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Describes object that allows some light to pass through; able to see form of an object, but not clear image

• translucent
• transparent
• reflect

• opaque

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2