5.6B Light Energy Vocabulary

to take in or soak up

• absorb

• opaque

• mirror

• medium

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

all light passes through

• convex lens

• transparent

• concave lens

• translucent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the bouncing back of light waves off a surface

• reflection

• translucent

• transparent

• refraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a curved piece of glass that bends light rays

• medium

• light

• mirror

• lens

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

energy that travels in straight waves and can move through empty space

• lens

• medium

• mirror

• light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

does not let light pass through

• translucent

• medium

• opaque

• absorb

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a lens that is thinner in the center and thicker at the edges, a shape that bends light outward, makes shapes appear smaller

• concave lens

• refraction

• convex lens

• translucent

a lens that is thicker in the center and thinner at the edges, a shape that bends light inward, makes images appear larger

• translucent

• transparent

• concave lens

• convex lens

polished surface that forms images by reflecting light

• mirror

• absorb

• medium

• light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

material through which a wave travels

• absorb

• medium

• opaque

• mirror

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2