Energy vocabulary-4th grade

A form of energy that you can see.

• light

• shadow

• refract

• prism

A material that allows light to pass through it.

• translucent

• opaque

• transparent

To bounce off a surface.

• refract

• reflect

• absorb

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To bend light waves.

• absorb

• reflect

• refract

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A dark area on a surface created by an object blocking the path of light.

• shadow

• prism

• tree

• lens

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A piece of glass or other transparent material shaped like a triangle that separates white light into the colors of the rainbow.

• refract

• lens

• triangle

• prism

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To take in or soak up

• absorb

• sponge

• reflect

• shadow

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A material that does not allow light to pass through it.

• opaque

• transparent

• translucent

• glass

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An object that refracts light.

• refraction

• opaque

• lens

• reflection

A material that allows some light to pass through it.

• translucent

• transparent

• opaque

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