7th Grade Science Unit 2 Light Waves Vocabulary

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Mechanical Waves

A wave that you can see

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electromagnetic waves

Waves that you cannot see (like a microwave)

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Transmission

When light goes through a thing - like light going through a glass window

<p>When light goes through a thing - like light going through a glass window</p>
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Reflection

When light bounces off something - like seeing your face in a mirror

<p>When light bounces off something - like seeing your face in a mirror</p>
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Refraction

When light bends or splits by passing through one thing, then another - like when light goes through a glass of water and the straw in the water looks bent

<p>When light bends or splits by passing through one thing, then another - like when light goes through a glass of water and the straw in the water looks bent</p>
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absorption

when light soaks into an object such as a black shirt

<p>when light soaks into an object such as a black shirt</p>