Light Waves

the bouncing of a wave off a surface

• transmission

• reflection

• diffraction

• absorption

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the passage of light through a medium

• transmission

• reflection

• diffraction

• absorption

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the transfer of energy from a wave to the medium through which it travels

• transmission

• reflection

• diffraction

• absorption

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a material that allows most of the light that strikes it to pass through

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• reflection

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a material that allows almost all of the light striking it to pass through

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• reflection

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a material through which light does not pass

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• reflection

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states that when a wave is reflected from a surface, the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence

• law of universal gravitation

• law of the conservation of energy

• law of reflection

• Newton's second law of motion

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the change in direction of a wave as it changes speed in moving from one medium to another

• transmission

• reflection

• refraction

• diffraction

a transparent object with at least one curved side that causes light to change direction

• microscope

• lens

• mirror

• medium

lens that is thicker at the edges than in the middle

• concave lens

• convex lens