Waves and there applications 1 Flashcards

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1: Light comes from things like the sun, light bulbs and candles. It bounces off of things and allows us to see.

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light

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1: the place from which light originates

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light source

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1: The bending of light or other waves when they pass from one transparent substance to another

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Refract

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1: when light bounces off the surface of an object

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Reflect/Reflection

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1: when light is taken into an object. It makes it warmer.

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Absorb/Absorption

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1: Pull towards

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attract

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1: A block of clear glass or plastic which separates the light passing through it into different colors.

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prism

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2: light comes from things like the sun, light bulbs and candles. It bounces off of things and allows us to see

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light

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2: the place from which light originars

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light source

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2: the trajectory that light takes as it travels

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light path

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2: Ray is a beam of light

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Rays

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2: A substance that moves energy, light, or sound waves from one place to another.

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Medium

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2: The bending of light or other waves when they pass from one transparent substance to another

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Refraction

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2: The return of light or sound waves from a surface, the production of an image in a mirror

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reflection/reflect

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2: the process of taking in something, such as light energy.

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Absorption/ absorb

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