SOL 5.3 Light Waves

The lowest part of the wave is?

• crest
• trough
• rarefaction
• wavelength

The highest point on a wave

• trough
• amplitude
• crest
• wavelength

Material that allows light to pass through allowing you to see "clearly" to the other side

• opaque
• translucent
• transparent

Wax paper or a foggy window is an example of what type of material. 

• transparent
• translucent
• opaque

Light travels in a straight line

• True
• False

Visible light is ...

• Light bulb
• sun
• light that we can see with our natural eye
• fire

What is reflection in simple terms?

• Soaks up light
• Passes through
• light bounces off

What word describes the number of waves that pass a certain point in a given amount of time?

• rarefactions
• amplitude
• resonance
• frequency

The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it can NOT pass is called —

• rarefaction
• reflection
• diffraction
• refraction

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed
• stopped
• reflected
• refracted