Light

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

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

Mirror any object that has a reflective surface

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

Illuminate light up

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

Magnify Increase in size, power, or importance

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

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

Absorbed light taken in by an object and not reflected or refracted

Transmitted light that passes through

Opaque no light goes through it

Scattering energy waves hit a rough or uneven surface and the waves are reflected in all directions

Transparent all light goes through it

Translucent some light goes through it