5.8C Light Energy Vocabulary

The bending of light as it moves through different mediums

• refraction

• concave lens

• transmit

• medium

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A curved piece of glass that bends light rays to make objects appear closer or father away

• lens

• bend

• medium

• mirror

The bouncing back of light from a smooth, shiny surface

• refraction

• translucent

• reflection

• light energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The energy of photons that travel in straight lines in waves. Energy we can see.

• light energy

• translucent

• refraction

• reflection

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Allowing light to pass through

• transparent

• translucent

• medium

• transmit

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

• medium

• opaque

• mirror

• absorb

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

To take in

• medium

• refraction

• absorb

• transmit

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Allowing some light to pass through

• translucent

• transparent

• refraction

• transmit

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A three-dimensional piece of glass that separates the light into a spectrum

• lens

• mirror

• prism

• absorb

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A solid, liquid or gas material

• opaque

• medium

• mirror

• bend