Light

LIGHT

ENERGY THAT TRAVELS IN A STRAIGHT LINE.

Reflection Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an object (mirrors or echo’s return energy back to their source

Refraction energy waves that bend (they change speed and direction) as they pass from one type of object to another type

ABSORBED

LIGHT TAKEN IN BY AN OBJECT AND NOT

REFLECTED OR REFRACTED.

TRANSMITTED

LIGHT THAT PASSES THROUGH

OPAQUE

NO LIGHT GOES THROUGH IT.

TRANSPARENT

ALL LIGHT GOES THROUGH IT.

TRANSLUCENTSOME LIGHT GOES

THROUGH IT.

CONCAVETHE TYPE OF LENS THAT IS THINNER IN THE MIDDLE.

CONVEXTHE TYPE OF LENS THAT IS THICKER IN THE MIDDLE.

Lens a clear curved piece of glass or plastic that bends passing light to focus or spread the light rays

Mirrorany object that has a reflective surface

LaserA device that gives off a very strong and directed beam of light

KaleidoscopeA tube that contains 3 mirrors that reflect many different designs of light passing through a colored disk on top

TelescopeAn instrument that uses mirrors and/or lenses to gather and focus light from images far away

PRISM

A transparent, three dimensional shaped used to separate white

light into a color spectrum

SCATTERING

Energy waves hit a rough or uneven surface and the waves are reflected in all directions.

Illuminatelight up

Light spectrumThe small part of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can see; violet, blue, cyan, green, yellow, orange, and red

MagnifyIncrease in size, power, or importance