5th Grade SOL Vocabulary Test Part 2

The bending of light.

• refraction
• reflection

When light travels through a material.

• transmission
• absorption

When an object takes in light.

• absorption
• transmission

Light passes through these types of materials easily.

• transparent
• translucent
• opaque

Light passes through these types of materials partially.

• transparent
• translucent
• opaque

Light cannot pass through these types of materials at all.

• transparent
• translucent
• opaque

Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.

• true
• false

Tiny particles that matter can be subdivided into.

• atoms
• molecules

When two or more substances are combined and they do not lose their characteristics.

• mixture
• solution

A special type of mixture in which one substance is uniformly dissolved in a liquid.

• solution
• mixture