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17 Cards in this Set
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Angle of Reflection
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Equal to the angle of incidence
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Specular reflection
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Regular reflection
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Diffuse reflection
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Irregular reflection
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Refraction
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Deviation of light from its original path because of a change in speed in the second medium
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Index of Refraction
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Speed of light in vacuum/ Speed of light in medium
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Total internal reflection
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Angle of incidence comes back in the medium and reflects
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Focal Length
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Distance from the vertex to focal point
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Concave
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Converging
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Convex
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Diverging
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Real image
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Light coverage so that an image can be formed on a screen
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Virtual Image
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Light rays diverge and cannot be formed on a screen
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Converging Lens
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Thicker at center
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Diverging Lens
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Thinner at the center than the edges
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Polarization
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The preferential orientation of the oscillations
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Principle of Superposition
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at any time, the combined waveform of 2 or more interfering waves is given by the sum of the displacements of the individual waves at each point in the medium
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Constructive Interference
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Reinforce and overlap, amplitude is greater
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Destructive Interference
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Interference ending in smaller amplitude
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