Light Energy Vocabulary

to take in or soak up

• absorb

• opaque

• mirror

• medium

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the bouncing back of light waves off a surface

• reflection

• translucent

• transparent

• refraction

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does not let light pass through

• translucent

• medium

• opaque

• absorb

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allows some light to pass through

• translucent

• convex lens

• opaque

• transparent

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a piece of glass that separates white light into colors of the spectrum

• light

• prism

• mirror

• lens

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Light and light reflections travel in a ___________.

• Straight Line

• Curved Line

Answer explanation

Light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels through one medium to another.

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Match the following vocabulary

• Waves that travel in a straight line

• Refracted

• Distorted / Bent / Changed Image

• Reflected

• Flipped Image

• Light Energy

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Match the following vocabulary words.

• translucent

• Reflect

• transparent

• Absorb

• bounce

• Transmit (All Light)

• opaque

• Refract

• bend

• Transmit (Some Light)

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What reflects all light?

• White

• Black

• Orange 

• Green

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Light travels in ____________

• Packs

• Pairs

• Waves

• Circles

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