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| The bouncing back of a wave off an object or surface. |
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| The taking in of light energy by an object. |
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| The pushing together of a mass so that it occupies less space. |
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| The number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time. |
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| Materials that do not let any light pass through them. |
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| A measure of whether a sound seems high or low. |
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| The bending of a light wave caused by a change in speed. |
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| Materials that let some light rays pass through, but scatter some of the other rays. |
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| Materials that let nearly all the light rays that hit them pass through. |
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| The distance between a point on one wave and a similar point on the next wave. |
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