Unit 2 - Vocabulary - Light Energy

Reflection is -

• Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an object

• The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another

• To make an object appear larger

• a piece of glass that separates white light into colors of the spectrum

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Refraction is -

• Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an object

• The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another

• To make an object appear larger

• a piece of glass that separates white light into colors of the spectrum

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A prism is -

• Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an object

• The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another

• To make an object appear larger

• a piece of glass that separates white light into colors of the spectrum

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Magnify is -

• Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an object

• The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another

• To make an object appear larger

• a piece of glass that separates white light into colors of the spectrum

Convex is -

• Curving inward

• Curving outward

Concave is -

• Curving inward

• Curving outward

To transmit is -

• to pass through a substance or object without being absorbed

• the process of soaking up light, heat, or liquid

• make things appear larger

• allowing light to pass through

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Transparent is -

• to pass through a substance or object without being absorbed

• the process of soaking up light, heat, or liquid

• make things appear larger

• allowing all the light to pass through

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To absorb is -

• to pass through a substance or object without being absorbed

• the process of soaking up light, heat, or liquid

• make things appear larger

• allowing all the light to pass through

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