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Light travels in..
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a straight line.
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Reflection is..
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bouncing of light off an object
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Refraction
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Bending of light when it moves from one type of matter to another due to changing speeds
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Absorption
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Stopping of light
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Opaque
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Term for an object you cannot see through. Most things around us are opaque, they absorb light without re-emitting it.
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Translucent
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Term for an object you can see a blurry image through
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An example of reflection is...
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seeing your face in a mirror
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An example of refraction is...
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light hitting a prism
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Materials such as glass and water allow light to pass through in straight lines. They are said to be..
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Transparent to light.
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When light travels past us, the color we see is..
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Red. This phenomena is known as red shift.
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When light travels towards us, the color we see is..
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Blue. This phenomena is known as blue shift.
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The law of reflection of light states that..
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The angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence.
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If the angle of incidence equals 45 degrees. Then the angle of reflection was..
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45 degrees.
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Diffuse reflection..
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Light incident on a rough surface reflects in many directions.
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Interference is..
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the fringes of brightness and darkness produced when light is diffracted.
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Light is made up of tiny particles called..
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Photons
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