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Light Vocabulary
Grade 5
SOL 5.3
Created By:
Kim Smith
Modified by ACPS ITRTs
The distance between a point on one wave
to the same point on the next wave.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Light wave
Sound wave
Wavelength
Wave separation
The top of a wave is called the _______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
trough
peak
prism
spectrum
The low point between two waves is called
the _________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
bottom
basement
trough
flat wave
What is the name of light from such sources
such as a light bulb, a fire, a candle?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Natural light
Fake light
Artificial light
Sunlight
Materials that allow light to pass through
them easily: example-glass.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
Reflected
Materials that allow some light to pass
through them: example-plastic milk carton.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Transparent
Opaque
Translucent
Semi-transparent
Materials that do not allow any light to pass
through them.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Translucent
Transparent
Solid
Opaque
Light that is bounced off an object is ……
A.
B.
C.
D.
refracted.
reflected.
absorbed.
prism.
A lens that curves inward is called a
_________ lens.
A.
B.
C.
D.
convex
contour
concave
prism
A lens that bulges outward is called a
________ lens.
A.
B.
C.
D.
concave
contour
prism
convex
The bending of light rays.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Retraction
Prism
Reflection
Refraction
This happens when objects that appear to
be somewhere they are not.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Illusion
Optical illusion
Lenses
Visible spectrum
The best name for curved pieces of glass or
transparent material that refract or bend light
rays in a certain way.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Prism
Lenses
Glass
Mirror
An object that makes objects look larger
than they really are.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Telescope
Stereoscope
Magnifying glass
Mirror
An instrument used to break up light into
bands of color.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rainbow
Prism
Magnifying mirror
Mirror
The light that you can see.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Spectrum
Visible spectrum
Magnifying glass
Sunlight
The first astronomer to use a telescope.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sir Isaac Newman
Robert Hooke
Galileo
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
Scientist who experimented with light; used a
prism to break white light into a band of colors.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Galileo
Sir Isaac Newton
Robert Hooke
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
Scientist who discovered cells; he also did work
that led Sir Isaac Newton to make his discoveries.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Galileo
Robert Hooke
Sir Isaac Newton
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
A scientist who first described red blood cells
and also studied bacteria using a microscope.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo
Robert Hooke
What does Roy G Biv stand for?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The leader of a rock band.
The principal at Kegotank.
The colors in the light spectrum.
The quarterback for VA Tech.
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