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It's called 'opaque' (pronounced oh-pay-k).

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Such a material is said to be transparent.

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What do you call a material that allows light to pass through?

It's called 'opaque' (pronounced oh-pay-k).


What do you call a material that allows electricity to flow through it easily?

A material that electricity can conduct electricity.


What do we call the materials that refracts light?

Refraction is caused when light changes the medium that it is moving through. Therefore any material that is transparent to light will diffract it.


What allows light to pass through but you cannot see light on the opposite side?

A two way mirror, or as police call it, the "magic mirror".


How is call the ease which a material allows electricity?

resistance


What is it called when light that can travel through something?

Objects that allow most light to pass through are described as transparent. In contrast, translucent objects allow some light to pass through, but don't let you see objects. Opaque objects allow no light to pass through.


What do you call something that allows heat or electricity to pass through it?

A material that allows heat or electricity to pass through it is called a conductor. The opposite of that is called an insulator. For electricity, the wire inside is the conductor, while the plastic on the outside is an insulator.


Why does drawing the curtain make it dark in the room?

Light can pass through some materials. An example of a material like this would be glass. It cant go through all materials. When materials let light through, we call that transparency.


What colour comes through when a red light passes through a blue filter?

Nothing comes through. A red light emits no blue light, and a blue filter allows only blue light to pass ... that's why when you look at it, you say to yourself "Hey! That filter looks blue. I'll call it a 'blue filter'."


What do you call a material that electrons will flow through freely?

conductor


What is a material that allows electron to flow easily or with little resistance?

Those are the materials we loosely call "conductors".


What do you call a material that current cannot flow easily through?

An insulator.