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Light Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ray | straight path that light travels in |
| Transparent | lets all light pass through |
| Translucent | lets some light through |
| Opaque | lets no light pass through |
| Refraction | to bend |
| Prism | transparent triangle shaped object that separates white light into all the colors of a rainbow (refracts -- or bends-- light) |
| Shadow | a place where light does not strike or is blocked |
| Lenses | curved transparent objects that refract (bend) light waves |
| Convex Lens | curved lens that makes objects appear bigger (used in telescopes and magnifying glasses) |
| Concave Lens | curved lens that makes objects appear smaller and farther away (used in car side mirrors) |
| White light | All the colors of the rainbow |
| Prism | piece of glass or other transparent material shaped like a triangle; a prism breaks white light into all the colors of the rainbow |