LIGHT: Properties of light

Matter that light travels through.

• matter

• stuff

• medium

• space

Allows ALL light to pass through

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• clear

The bending of light that make matter APPEAR to change shape or size.

• reflect

• refract

• disperse

• echo

A transparent object that bends light into rainbow colors.

• prism

• mirror

• convex lens

• concave lens

only allows SOME light to pass through

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• clear

Does not allow any light to pass through

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• clear

Light waves bounce off at many of angles because the surface is uneven.

• reflection

• refraction

• dispersion

• echo

it the bouncing back of light from a surface

• reflection

• refraction

• dispersion

• echo

a reflection of sound

• reflection

• refraction

• dispersion

• echo

the spreading of light into the colours of the rainbow

• reflection

• refraction

• dispersion

• echo