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allows most light to pass through; clear image can be seen.
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transparent
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the bouncing of light off an object.
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reflection
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can grow plants, power cars, give things color, power satellites in space.
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light energy
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refelecting or absorbing all light; no image can be seen.
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opaque
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light travels this way.
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straight line
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the stopping of light when it hits a wall or other opaque object.
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absorption
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the bending of the path of light when it moves from one kind of matter to another.
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refraction
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allowing some light to pass through; blurry image can be seen.
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translucent
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this acts like a prism and causes a rainbow when sunlight hits it.
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raindrop
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a solid object that bends light; not a lens
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prism
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this is made up of the following colors-red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet.
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white light
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the range of light energy that people can see.
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visible spectrum
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this is really all colors of light mixed.
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white light
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why do you see color?
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you see color that is reflected back to your eyes. All other colors of white light are absorbed by the object.
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