5.6 Light SOL Vocabulary Test

Form of radiant energy

• light
• sound

Radiant energy that can be seen by the human eye.

• visible light
• ultraviolet light

Light travels in this type of wave.

• transverse
• compression

When light bounces off an object.

• reflection
• refraction

The bending of light.

• refraction
• reflection

When light travels through a material.

• transmission
• absorption

When an object takes in light.

• transmission
• absorption

Light passes through these types of materials easily.

• opaque
• transparent
• translucent

Light passes through these types of materials partially.

• opaque
• transparent
• translucent

Light cannot pass through these types of materials at all.

• opaque
• transparent
• translucent