Light Waves Unit Vocabulary Test

What is Energy?

• A form of gas

• The ability to do work or cause change

• The color of light

• A type of wave

What is Light?

• A type of energy that is invisible

• A form of energy visible to the human eye

• A solid object

• A type of sound

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What does Absorb mean?

• To reflect light

• When a material takes in light energy

• The passage of light through a material

• The bending of light

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What is Reflection?

• When light bounces off a surface

• The absorption of light

• The transmission of light

• A type of genetic material

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What is Transmission?

• The reflection of light

• The bending of light

• The passage of light through a material

• The ability to emit light

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What is Genetic Material?

• A type of light

• DNA that controls how cells function

• A pigment in the skin

• A wave property

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What is UV Light?

• A type of sound

• A type of light that can damage skin and cause cancer

• Light visible to the human eye

• A form of energy

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What is Melanin?

• A type of wave

• A pigment in the skin that provides some protection against UV damage

• A light source

• A genetic mutation

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What does Emit mean?

• To absorb light

• To reflect light

• To release or give off light

• To transmit light

What is a Light Source?

• A type of genetic material

• The origin of light, such as the sun or a bulb

• A type of absorption

• A method of communication

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