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Light vocab
Term | Definition |
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absorb | to take in. |
energy | the ability to cause matter to change or move. |
lens | a piece of curved glass, plastic, or other material that refracts light. |
light | a form of energy that you can see. |
opaque | a material that blocks light from passing through it. |
prism | a piece of glass or other transparent material that separates light into colors. |
reflect | when light waves bounce off surfaces. |
refract | when light "bends". when light moves from one transparent material to another, such as to air to glass or to water. |
shadow | an area where light does not strike. |
translucent | a material that allows some light to pass through it, but scatters the light in many directions - frosted glass. |
transparent | material that allows light to pass through it - clear plastic or glass. |