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13 Cards in this Set
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Opaque
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only absorbs and reflects light; no light passes through it
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Translucent
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a material that allows some light to pass through, but you cannot see clearly through them
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Transparent
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a material that transmits almost all the light that strikes them; you can see clearly through them
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Index of refraction
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a property of the material that indicates how much it reduces the speed of light
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Mirage
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an image of a distant object produced by the refraction of light through air layers of different densities
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Pigment
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a colored material that absorbs some colors and reflects other colors
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Incandescent light
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the light produced by heating until it grows
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Flourescent light
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uses phosphors to convert ultraviolet radiation to visible light
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Coherent light
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light of only one wave length that travels with its crest and troughs aligned
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Incoherent light
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can contain more than one wavelength, and its electromagnetic waves are not aligned
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Polarized light
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a light that the waves vibrate in only one direction
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Holography
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a technique that produces a hologram a complete photographic image of a three-dimensional object
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Total internal reflection
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occurs when light traveling from one medium to another is completely reflected at the boundary between the two materials
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