Light Vocabulary

The act of taking in and not reflecting or throwing back.

• transmission

• absorption

• heat

• emit

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The bending of light when it moves from one transparent material to another transparent material.

• refraction

• absorption

• reflected

• transparent

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A form of energy that causes a difference in temperature; warmth.

• translucent

• emit

• heat

• lens

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

To give off or send forth.

• lens

• reflected

• opaque

• emit

Curved transparent material that refracts light.

• heat

• reflected

• transparent

• lens

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

clear; able to see through clearly

• transparent

• transmission

• translucent

• reflected

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The act of passing something along.

• reflected

• transmission

• refraction

• lens

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

allows some light to pass through, but objects are not clearly seen

• transmission

• heat

• translucent

• opaque

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

To throw back light, heat or sound.

• absorption

• refraction

• lens

• reflected

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

an object or surface that blocks light from traveling through it

• opaque

• transmission

• emit

• lens

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2