Light Energy Vocabulary

The ability to do work or make change is known as _____.

• matter

• energy

• force

• gravity

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When light bounces off an object or substance, it is known as _____.

• refraction

• absorbption

• reflection

• opaque

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Which image is the best example of reflection of light?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which image best demonstrates the refraction of light?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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What causes the lines in this image appear distorted?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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When light does not bounce off or pass through a material, it stays in the material and is converted to another type of energy ____ .

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• translucent

• transparent

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When light bends as it passes through an object or substance it is known as ____ .

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• translucent

• transparent

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Any object or material that allows all light to pass through it (ex: clear plastic or glass, a window) ____ .

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• translucent

• transparent

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Any substance that allows energy to transfer from one location to another, especially when the energy moves through waves, is know as a ______.

• opaque

• medium

• absorption

• translucent

• transparent

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Any object or material that blocks some, but not all, light to pass through it is known as _____.

(ex: tinted glass, wax paper, sun glasses)

• opaque

• medium

• absorption

• translucent

• transparent

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