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Reflection
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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
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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
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Translucent
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Term for an object you can see a blurry image through
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Prism
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Clear, solid object that bends light
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Visible Spectrum
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all the colors of light that people can see
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Things that light energy does...
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lets us see things and gives things color
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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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An example of a translucent object is...
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a stained glass window or a frosted bathroom window
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A prism bends...
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light
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Light travels in...
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straight lines
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Shadows from the sun are shortest at...
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12 noon
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Shadows are longest....
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in the morning and late afternoon
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You can see through water and glass because....
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light goes through them
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We can see that an apple is red because...
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the apple absorbs all the other colors of the visible spectrum (violet, orange, green, yellow, and blue)
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If you can see light through an object...
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it is NOT opaque
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White light is the same thing as...
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sunlight
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Water droplets act like prisms when the sunlight...
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is shining on them
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When you put a red light, blue light, and a green light together you will get...
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white light
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If your shadow is in front of you, then the sun...
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must be behind you
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The weather needs to be sunny and rainy at the same time to make a ....
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rainbow
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You can not see yourself in a mirror if you are in totally dark room because....
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you need light to bounce off of you in order to see your reflection
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