Light Vocab Physical Science

When a ray of light hits a smooth surface and the light ray bounces back

• Scatter

• Reflection

• Refraction

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________ happens when light bounces off an object in many directions

• Reflecting

• Scattering

• Absorbing

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When light waves change direction as they pass through an object or from one object to another

• Refraction

• Scatter

• Diffraction

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When an object soaks up some of the light waves. The photons from the light hit the atoms and molecules, causing them to vibrate and move

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

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The spreading of light waves as they pass through or around an obstacle

• Scatter

• Absorption

• Diffraction

Light paths (waves) passing through/coming off of an object

• Transmission

• Transparent

• Translucent

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Light paths travel through an object uninterrupted

• Translucent

• Transparent

• Opaque

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Light paths scatter through an object

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Transmission

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An object that light paths (waves) cannot travel through

• Translucent

• Scatter

• Opaque

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True or false: When a ray of light hits a smooth surface and the light ray bounces back it is REFLECTION

• True

• False

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