4.3 Flashcards
light
luminous
an object that releases or emits light
non-luminous
objects that do not produce their own light
reflection
light bounces off an object and then into your eyes
incident ray
incoming ray
reflected ray
ray that bounces off the mirror
normal
dotted imaginary line
plane mirrors
flat mirrors
lateral inversion
when the right side appears left in a mirror and vice versa
virtual image
the object projected inside a mirror
refraction
bending of light
refractive index
measure of how easily light travels through a substance
critical angle
light refracted so far from normal runs along the boundary of 2 substances
total internal reflection
light reflected from boundary as though its a mirror
convex mirror
lens that bulge outwards (magnifies)
concave mirror
lens that curves inwards
total internal reflection
light reflected from the air glass boundary as if its a mirror