Sound and Light Vocabulary

Material that allows light to pass through

• volume

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Material that is hard to see through clearly, fuzzy

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Materials that block light completely

• opaque

• transparent

• translucent

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Waves that hit a surface and bounces off

• refraction

• reflection

• crest

• opaque

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The bending of light as it passes from one material to another

• refraction

• diffraction

• reflection

• opaque

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Bending of light around barriers

• pitch

• reflection

• diffraction

• refraction

Form of energy that moves in waves and travels through space

• sound

• energy

• waves

• light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Curved transparent objects that refract light

• glass

• lens

• transparent

• translucent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Lens that spread light apart

• concave

• convex

• refraction

• magnifying glass

Lens that brings light waves together into focus

• concave

• convex

• transparent

• focal point