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Vocabulary List 2.5
Science Vocabulary (A) List 2.5
Term | Definition |
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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 | 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 |
transmitted | passed through a medium |