Unit 2 Vision and Light Vocabulary

Front

What is the term for all the living and nonliving things in an area?

Back

environment

Front

What do you call an animal that hunts and eats other animals?

Back

predator

Front

What is a description of how something works or why something happens?

Back

explanation

Front

What is the ability to see called?

Back

vision

Front

What do you call an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals?

Back

prey

Front

What is the term for the process of light bouncing off an object?

Back

reflection

Front

What do we call the change in direction of light when it passes from one medium to another?

Back

refraction

Front

What is the name of the part of the eye that detects light?

Back

retina

Front

What is the term for the distance light travels in one year?

Back

light year

Front

What do you call the natural light produced by the sun?

Back

solar light