A | B |
Opaque | material that allows no light to pass through |
Transparent | material that allows light to pass through easily |
Translucent | material that allows some light to pass through; usually makes it dull |
Light Ray | a beam of light energy that travels in straight line in one direction |
Roy G Biv | Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet; colors of the visible spectrum |
Prism | glass that bends light into the different wavelengths |
Reflection | the bouncing off of light rays from a surface |
Refraction | the bending of light rays when going through different mediums |
Longest Wavelength | red has the longest wavelength |
Shortest Wavelength | violet has the shortest wavelength |
Concave | a lens that is bent in and scatters light |
Convex | lense that is bent out and it focuses light |
Spectrum | The colors which can be seen when light passes through a prism |
Wavelength | distance between two waves |
Transmission | light being passed through an object when it reaches it. |