Light Lesson 1 - How Light Travels

Electromagnetic radiation that you can see

• Sound

• Light

• Temperature

• Photons

A material through which light does not pass

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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A material that allows almost all of the light striking it to pass through, and through which objects can be seen clearly

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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A material that allows most of the light that strikes it to pass through, but through which objects appear blurry

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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When light strikes a transparent material, most of the light is reflected.

• True

• False

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Light carries energy in the form of _______________ energy.

• Atomic

• Chemical

• Radiant

• Mechanical

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The energy of an electromagnetic wave is related to its amplitude.

• True

• False

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The energy of an electromagnetic wave is related to its frequency.

• True

• False

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Frosted glass is an example of which type of material?

• Translucent

• Transparent

• Opaque

• Radiant

Light travels fastest in ________________

• Solids

• Liquids

• Gases

• A vacuum

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