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15 Cards in this Set
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Allows the fine detail to be seen clearly |
Condenser |
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Acts as a prism to produce rainbows |
Raindrops |
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Greater angle of refraction: GLASS OR WATER? |
Water |
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Phenomenon for separating white light into different colors |
Dispersion |
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Objects appears at a shallow depth |
Virtual |
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Observer sees a virtual pond above the real pond |
Mirage |
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Results from refractive index variation of wavelength |
Chromatic Aberration |
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Refractive angle is equal to 90 degrees |
Critical angle phenomenon |
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Observer sees an inverted image in the ocean |
Looming |
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Developed a law relating to the incident and refracted angles |
Willebrord snell |
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Changing of direction of light |
Refraction |
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He said that the speed of light is related to the refractive index |
Christian Huygens |
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Discovered the visible light spectrum |
Newton |
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F line |
Blue |
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His experiment was unreliable to explain the amount of bending in light |
Ptolemy |
