Vocabulary 15 Quiz (no lenses)

The bouncing back of a light wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass.

• Reflection
• Diffraction
• Absorption
• Refraction

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

• Refraction
• Reflection
• Diffraction
• Absorption

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an interaction of light with matter that causes light to change its direction.

• Absorption
• Translucent

• Scattering

• Transparent

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Occurs when light waves transfer energy to particles of matter

• reflection
• refraction
• absorption
• diffraction

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Occurs when a light wave bends around a barrier.

• Diffraction
• Interference
• Refraction
• Reflection

Occurs when light waves pass through an object without interacting

• Transmission
• Reflection
• Refraction
• Absorption

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Permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible

• translucent
• reflective
• transparent
• opaque

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Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light

• opaque
• luminous
• translucent
• clear

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A material that allows light to pass through without scattering light.

• reflective material
• translucent material
• opaque material
• transparent material

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