Light Waves Vocabulary

A ____ is a line of energy that continues in one direction until it hits an object.

• refract

• ray

• prism

• medium

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When rays bounce off of a surface and move in a different direction.

• transparent

• absorb

• reflect

• refract

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When light rays bend as they enter a new medium.

• refract

• translucent

• reflect

• absorb

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When light hits an object but is not reflected or bent, it is _____.

• separated

• refracted

• absorbed

• visible

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A group of parts that work together as a whole. The eye is an example.

• decoding

• system

• opaque

• focus

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The hole of the eye in which light enters.

• pupil

• lens

• retina

• optic nerve

The part of the eye that bends light and focuses the light.

• optic nerve

• retina

• pupil

• lens

The ____ is the part of the eye that receives the image from the lens.

• optic nerve

• retina

• pupil

• lens

Connected to the eye that sends the electrical messages about light to the brain.

• lens

• pupil

• optic nerve

• retina

Material that lets no light through.

• opaque

• translucent

• transparent

• matter

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