Light Vocabulary

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LightVocabulary

• Grade 5
• SOL 5.3
• Created By
• Kim Smith

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A form of energy that we see because of
reflection.

1. Artificial light
2. Light
3. Sunlight
4. Reflection

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The distance between a point on one wave to the
same point on the next wave.

1. Light wave
2. Sound wave
3. Wavelength
4. Wave separation

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The top of a wave.

1. Trough
2. Peak
3. Prism
4. Spectrum

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The low point between two waves.

1. Bottom
2. Basement
3. Trough
4. Flat wave

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The ability of light to cause changes such as
heating matter.

1. Natural light
2. Heat lamp
3. Light amps
4. Light energy

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Light from such sources such as a light bulb, a
fire, a candle.

1. Natural light
2. Fake light
3. Artificial light
4. Sunlight

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Materials that allow light to pass through them
easily example-glass

1. Transparent
2. Translucent
3. Opaque
4. Reflected

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Materials that allow some light to pass through
them example-plastic milk carton.

1. Transparent
2. Opaque
3. Translucent
4. Semi-transparent

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Materials that do not allow any light to pass
through them.

1. Translucent
2. Transparent
3. Solid
4. Opaque

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Bounced off

1. Refraction
2. Reflected
3. Absorbed
4. Prism

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Taken in

1. Reflected
2. Refracted
3. Absorbed
4. Soak

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A mirror that curves inward objects look larger
in this mirror.

1. Convex mirror
2. Contour mirror
3. Concave mirror
4. Convex lens

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A mirror that bulges outward objects look
smaller in this mirror.

1. Concave mirror
2. Concave lens
3. Convex lens
4. Convex mirror

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The bending of light rays.

1. Retraction
2. Prism
3. Reflection
4. Refraction

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Objects that appear to be somewhere they are not.

1. Illusion
2. Optical illusion
3. Lenses
4. Visible spectrum

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Curved pieces of glass or transparent material
that refract or bend light rays in a certain way.

1. Prism
2. Lenses
3. Glass
4. Magnifying lens

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An object that makes objects look larger than
they really are.

1. Telescope
2. Microscope
3. Magnifying glass
4. Concave mirror

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Spreads light rays apart makes things appear to
be smaller than they really are.

1. Concave lens
2. Concave mirror
3. Convex lens
4. Convex mirror

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Brings light rays together to a point makes
things appear to be larger than they really are.

1. Convex mirror
2. Concave lens
3. Convex lens
4. Concave mirror

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An instrument used to break up light into bands
of color.

1. Rainbow
2. Prism
3. Magnifying mirror
4. Mirror

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The light that you can see.

1. Spectrum
2. Visible spectrum
3. Magnifying glass
4. Sunlight

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The first astronomer to use a telescope.

1. Sir Issac Newman
2. Robert Hooke
3. Galileo
4. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek

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Scientist who experimented with light used a
prism to break white light into a band of colors.

1. Galileo
2. Sir Issac Newton
3. Robert Hooke
4. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek

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Scientist who discovered cells he also did work
that led Sir Issac Newton to make his discoveries.

1. Galileo
2. Robert Hooke
3. Sir Issac Newton
4. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek

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A scientist who first described red blood cells
and also studied bacteria using a microscope.

1. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
2. Sir Issac Newton
3. Galileo
4. Robert Hooke

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