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Match each of the following terms to its definition:

Reflection Transverse wave Ray diagram Transparent

Refraction Transmit Real image Translucent

1. __________ - a drawing of the light rays that form an image for amirror or lens

2. __________ - a copy of an object that exists without an observer, theimage can be projected on a screen

3. __________ - light that bounces off a surface

4. __________ - light rays that bend as they move from one substance toanother

5. __________ - a material that scatters light as it passes through;images seen through translucent materials may be blurry

6. __________ - light that passes through a material

7. __________ - a material that does not scatter light as it passesthrough

8. __________ - a wave where the particles of the medium vibrate upand down as the energy passes through

Light and Optics

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Match each of the following terms to its definition:

Reflection Transverse wave Ray diagram Transparent

Refraction Transmit Real image Translucent

1. Ray diagram - a drawing of the light rays that form an image for amirror or lens

2. Real image - a copy of an object that exists without an observer, theimage can be projected on a screen

3. Reflection - light that bounces off a surface

4. Refraction - light rays that bend as they move from one substance toanother

5. Translucent - a material that scatters light as it passes through;images seen through translucent materials may be blurry

6. Transmit - light that passes through a material

7. Transparent - a material that does not scatter light as it passesthrough

8. Transverse wave - a wave where the particles of the medium vibrateup and down as the energy passes through

Light and Optics

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