Light Vocabulary

To move rapidly back and forth

• sound

• vibrate

• lens

• refract

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A wave produced by vibrations

• light wave

• ocean wave

• sound wave

• groovy wave

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Small bundles of energy that make up light

• light

• photons

• images

• waves

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A clear piece of glass or plastic that is shaped like a triangle and can be used to separate white light

• prism

• visible spectrum

• invisible spectrum

• paper weight

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The band of colors that make up white light.

• the rainbow

• prism

• visible spectrum

• white light

What is a ray?

• the rainbow
• a man's name
• the way in which light travels
• a reflection of light

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Allowing light to pass through

• Transparent 
• Translucent
• Opaque 

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Allowing only SOME light to pass through

• Translucent
• Transparent
• Opaque 

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The bending of light as it moves from one material to another

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Opaque

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The bouncing of light off an object

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Opaque

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