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light and sound vocabulary for science test

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Light   A form of energy  
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Wavelength   The distance from the top of one wave to the top of the next wave  
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Visible light   Colors  
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Prism   Separates white color into the colors that make it up (rainbow)  
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Spectrum   a range of light waves with different wavelengths and energies  
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Visible spectrum   7 colors of light that make up white light  
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Shadow   places where light is blocked  
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Reflection   when light bounces off an object  
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The law of reflection   Incoming angle = outgoing angle  
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Refraction   The bending of light as it passes from one material into another  
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Transparent   (Glass, water, light plastic) allow light to pass through  
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Lenses   Tools that refract light  
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Convex lens   fat in the middle, magnifies, gathers light rays  
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Concave lens   skinny in the middle, makes smaller, spreads light rays  
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Vibration   a back and forth motion that causes sound  
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Energy   what is needed to start an object's vibration  
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Echo   when sound waves bounce off of surfaces  
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frequency   the number of times a sound source vibrates in one second  
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pitch   the highness or lowness of a sound, determined by frequency  
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amplitude   the energy of a sound wave  
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