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Vocabulary List 2.7
Science Vocabulary List 2.7
| 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 |
| appearance | the way something looks |
| lens | a piece of transparent material that may be curved to focus rays of light |
| opaque | objects that light does not pass through; not clear |
| translucent | permitting or transmitting the passage of some but not all light |
| transparent | objects that all light passes through; clear |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| strikes | to come into contact with (When light strikes an object, it can be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted) |
| transmitted | passed through a medium |