8th - Light Wave Interactions

Front

What is the passage of light through a medium called?

Back

Transmission

Front

What do you call a material that allows almost all of the light striking it to pass through?

Back

Transparent

Front

What is electromagnetic radiation that you can see?

Back

Light

Front

What do you call a material through which light does not pass?

Back

Opaque

Front

What is a material that allows most of the light that strikes it to pass through?

Back

Translucent

Front

What is the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

Back

Refraction

Front

What is the bouncing back of light when it hits a surface?

Back

Reflection

Front

What is the spreading out of light waves as they pass through a narrow opening?

Back

Diffraction

Front

What is the term for the distance between two consecutive peaks of a wave?

Back

Wavelength

Front

What is the term for the energy carried by light waves?

Back

Radiant energy