Waves Vocab Investigation 3

absorb

• reflection of light waves

• catches light waves

• lets light waves pass through

• changes the light wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

angle of reflection

• angle the light refracts

• angle of the light entering

• angle of the normal line

• angle the light reflecting off a surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

normal line

• a line that is perpendicular to a flat surface

• a line that splits the angle of reflection

• a lne that splits the angle of incidence

• a parallel line to the angle of reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

reflected beam

• light wave that is transmitted

• light wave that is absorb

• light wave that is trapped in a medium

• light wave that is reflected off a surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

incident beam

• a light wave that is absorbed

• a light wave that is transmitted

• a light wave that is coming in to a surface

• a lght wave that is reflected

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

laser

• tool that uses an incandescent light beam

• tool that uses a florescent light beam

• tool that uses narrow focused coherent light beam

• tool that uses a bright LED light beam

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

refraction

• light wave that increases speed

• light wave that decreases speed

• light wave that does not change speed

• a light wave that changes speed and direction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

spectroscope

• a tool to measure nuclear radiation

• a tool to measure sound energy

• a tool that separates sound frequencies

• a tool that separates light into its different wavelengths

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

filter

• an opaque material that absorbs light

• an opaque material that reflects light

• a translucent material that reflects light

• a translucent material that absorbs certain light waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

ray

• a curvy line that will make a circle

• a straight line that sound waves travel in

• a straight line that light waves travel in

• a line that is short

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2