eXAMPLES
- Light from sun, light from stars or moon
- Light bulbs
- Lightning
- Light generated from burning fire or a candle
- Light from insects, such as fireflies
- Light produced from electronic devices
Vocabulary
Light energy: is a form of energy that travels in waves and can even travel through empty space (like the sun’s rays travel through space)
Electromagnectic Spectrum: the entire range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic waves extending from gamma rays to the longest radio waves and including visible light
Visible Light: the light energy that humans can see
Absorption: absorption happens when light stops as it hits an opaque object
Reflection: when light bounces off of an object
Refraction: when light is bent as it moves through one kind of matter to another
Electromagnectic Spectrum: the entire range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic waves extending from gamma rays to the longest radio waves and including visible light
Visible Light: the light energy that humans can see
Absorption: absorption happens when light stops as it hits an opaque object
Reflection: when light bounces off of an object
Refraction: when light is bent as it moves through one kind of matter to another
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