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Light Waves
The study of how light interacts with materials
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | the ability to make things move or change |
| Light | something that carries energy from one place to another |
| Visualize | to form a mental picture of something that cannot be seen |
| Absorb | to take in |
| Emit | to give off |
| Light Source | an object that emits light |
| Wave | a pattern that describes how energy is carried from one place to another |
| Light | a type of wave that carries energy from one place to another, even through empty space |
| Wavelength | the distance from one peak of a wave to the next |
| Transmit | to pass through |
| Reflect | to bounce off without absorbing |