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Question | Answer |
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light | energy that travels in waves and can move through empty space |
reflection | the bouncing back of light waves off of a surface |
refraction | the bending of light waves as they travel from one surface to another |
lens | a curved piece of glass that bends light rays |
convex lens | a lens that is thicker in the center and thinner at the edges, a shape that bends light inward |
concave lens | a lens that is thinner in the center and thicker at the edges, a shape that bends light outward |
illuminate | light up |
light spectrum | the small part of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can see; violet, blue, yellow, orange, and red |
magnify | increase in size, power, and importance |
medium | a substance or 'carrier' of |
transmit | to cause or permit (light, heat, sound) to pass through a medium |
absorb | to take in or soak up |