Light energy vocabulary

To bounce back.

• light energy

• reflect

• energy

• shadow

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To bend

• refract

• light energy

• energy

• reflect

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Can a glass produce light energy?

• yes

• no

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Can a fire give off light energy?

• yes

• no

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Light and light reflections travel in a ___________.

• Straight Line

• Curved Line

Answer explanation

Light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels through one medium to another.

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Reflection is when ______________

• light bounces off of an object.

• light is bent and distorted.

Answer explanation

Light is reflected when it bounces off an objects such as mirrors or other shiny surfaces like the surface of water.

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Light refracts when _____.

• it bounces off of objects or shiny sufaces.

• it is bent by passing from one medium to another

• it is absorbed by opaque objects

• it is transmitted through a transparent or translucent objects

Answer explanation

Light refracts or bends, when passing from one medium to another, such as from air into water.

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Match the following vocabulary

• Flipped Image

• Refracted

• Distorted / Bent / Changed Image

• Reflected

• Waves that travel in a straight line

• Light Energy

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A straw in a cup of water appears to be broken. What explains this?

• The light energy is reflecting.

• The light energy is refracting.

• The light energy is absorbed.

• The light energy is transmitted.

Answer explanation

Light refracts or bends, when passing from one medium to another, such as from air into water.

A refracted image is a distorted or changed image from the original.

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Match the following vocabulary words.

• translucent

• Absorb

• bend

• Refract

• opaque

• Transmit (Some Light)

• bounce

• Reflect

• transparent

• Transmit (All Light)

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