Light Vocabulary Quiz

to take in some of the light that strikes the surface

• absorb
• lens
• prism
• shadow

an object that refracts light

• opaque
• lens
• reflect
• shadow

a form of energy that you can see

• absorb
• lens
• light
• prism

does not allow a light to pass through

• transparent
• translucent
• lens
• opaque

a transparent object that separates white light into all the colors of the rainbow or light spectrum

• lens
• prism
• shadow
• convex lens

to bounce off

• reflect
• refract
• shadow
• opaque

the bending of light when it travels from one medium to another medium

• reflect
• refract
• shadow
• diverge

an area where light does not strike because something opaque is blocking the light waves

• converge
• shadow
• lens
• absorb

allows only some light to pass through

• prism
• transparent
• translucent
• opaque

lets light through

• opaque
• transparent
• translucent
• shadow