Sound & Light Vocab

The taking in of light energy by an object.

• Transparent

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Opaque

Describes materials that let NEARLY ALL the light rays that hit them pass through.

• Transparent

• Reflection

• Transverse

• Translucent

Describes materials that let SOME light rays pass through but scatter some of the other rays.

• Transparent

• Tropical Lightt

• Translucent

• Reflaction

Describes materials that doesn't let ANY light pass through it.

• Opaque

• Dark Light

• Organism

• Opticial Fibers

The bending of a wave caused by the change of speed that occurs when the wave passes from one medium to another.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Fraction

• Flection

The pushing together of a mass so that it occupies less space.

• Force

• Compression

• Compost

• Refraction

The number of times a wave makes a complete cycle in a second.

• Frequency

• Pattern

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

Distance between one point on a wave to the next similar point on a wave.

• Line of Origin

• Wave Crest

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

A measurement of whether a sound seems high or low determined by the sound frequency.

• Pitch

• Note

• Person's Ability

• Frequency

The bouncing back of a wave off an object or surface.

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Light Waves

• Wavelengths