Light Vocabulary

to take in or soak up

• absorb

• angle of reflection

• transmit

the angle at which light from an object hits a mirror

• law of reflection

• angle of incidence

• lens

the angle at which light from an object reflects off a mirror

• opaque

• visible light

• angle of reflection

being thicker at the ends than in the middle

• concave

• convex

• opaque

bending outward

• concave

• convex

• mirror

the top of a wave

• hat

• crest

• trough

the number of waves or vibrations that pass a point in one second

• volume

• frequency

• mass

the angle of incidence equals the the angle of reflection

• Law of Reflection

• Right to Bear Arms

• wavelength

a curved piece of glass that reflects light

• lens

• mirror

• trough

a shiny surface that reflects light

• lens

• mirror

• crest