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Vocabulary List 2.4
Science Vocabulary (A) List 2.4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| absorb | to take in matter or energy |
| light | a form of energy that helps people and animals to see |
| medium | the matter through which a wave travels |
| reflect | to strike a surface and bounce back in the opposite direction |
| refract | to bend light as it passes through a material |
| lens | a piece of transparent material that may be curved to focus rays of light |
| opaque | (not clear) objects that light does not pass through |
| translucent | permitting or transmitting the passage of some but not all light |
| transparent | (clear) objects that all light passes through |
| transmitted | passed through a medium |