That which scatters light as it passes through.

• A. Visible light
• B. Transparent
• C. Translucent
• D. Electromagnetic waves

Answer: (C)

Light interacting with matter can be transmitted and either stay clear or scatter. When light passes through and is spread in many directions, the material is translucent. You can often see light and shapes behind it, but the image is blurred or hazy—think of frosted glass or wax paper. If light passes through with almost no scattering, you can see through clearly, which is transparent. The other options refer to light itself (visible light or electromagnetic waves) or to a property of how clearly you can see through, not to how the material handles light. So the term that describes scattering of light through a material is translucent.