EM Spectrum Vocab Foldable Vocabulary Foldable Fold your

EM Spectrum – Vocab Foldable

Vocabulary Foldable • Fold your paper in half • Fold your paper into four sections Cut only 1 side! This will create 4 flaps

INSIDE OUTSIDE (You will need to add a picture on the outside) Refraction Transmission Absorption Reflection • Definition • Example

Reflection Definition: light waves bounce back after striking a surface that doesn’t absorb all of the wave’s energy Colors that we see are visible light waves that are reflected off an object

Absorption • Definition: light waves enter a material and do not come back out HOW? Electrons in atoms can absorb various frequencies of light causing the energy to be absorbed and turned into heat energy. Are there any examples of absorption in this room?

Transmission Definition: Light waves pass through a material HOW? Light waves cause electrons to vibrate and are passed on along to neighboring atoms through the medium to be reemitted on the opposite side What kind of medium would we need for light waves to be transmitted through?

Refraction Definition: Light waves bend as they pass from one medium into another. Example- going from glass into the air as with a prism What is an easier way to say refraction? f Dir no o i ect ve a w Direction of wa ve

Do You Get It? Explain what is happening in each picture. Use the vocabulary words from your foldable!