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21 Cards in this Set
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Electromagnetic Wave |
wave that has electric/magnetic fields
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Electromagnetic Spectrum |
entire rang of electromagnetic waves
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Wavelenght |
Any point on a wave to an identical point |
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Visible Light |
narrow range of wavelenghts in the electromagnetic system |
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white light |
All wavelengths combined |
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Visible Spectrum |
All colors |
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Roy G. Biv |
Red/orange/yellow/green/blue/indigo/violet |
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UV Light |
electromagnetic light that affects living things |
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Reflection |
bouncing back of light rays when they hit an object |
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Law of Reflection |
states the angle of incidence |
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Incidence |
arrival of a beam at a light's surface |
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Absorption |
transfer of energy carried by light waves to particles of matters |
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Scattering |
interaction of light with matter that causes light to change direction |
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Transmission |
passing of light through matter |
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Transparent |
easily transmitted |
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Translucent |
transmits it but scatters it |
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Opaque |
Can not be transmitted |
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Refraction |
bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another |
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Lens |
transparent object that forms an image by refracting or bending light. |
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Convex lens |
thicker in the middle than at the edges |
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Concave lens |
a lens that is thinner in the middle than at the edges |
