Light Energy Vocabulary

a curved lens that makes objects appear smaller and farther away

• light

• opaque

• convex

• concave

a form of energy you can see

• light

• refract

• absorb

• lens

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a transparent object that separates white light into all the colors of the rainbow

• reflect

• convex lens

• prism

• absorb

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a curved lens that makes objects appear bigger

• convex

• concave

• reflect

• shadow

to take in

• absorb

• refract

• reflect

• prism

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

an object that refracts light

• absorb

• lens

• translucent

• transparent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

allows only some light to pass through

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• shadow

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

an area where light does not strike the ground

• concave

• absorb

• lens

• shadow

not allowing any light to pass through

• reflect

• opaque

• transparent

• translucent

to bounce off

• reflect

• refract

• absorb

• translucent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2