Light Flashcards
What did Willie board Snell discover in the Snells law
he discovered that when a beam of light enters a block of glass it doesn’t bend
What is trangulation
it’s a way to measure distances by using angles
Why does light bend?
Because when light is traveling it goes to different mediums and those mediums are not the same media it’s different
One light year =
9.5 kilometer
Define refraction of light
When a ray of light travels from one medium to another in Bends in the original direction
Examples of convex mirrors
mirror of cars
Street lamps
Example of concave mirrors
shaving mirror
solar cooker
What is pole
it’s the reflecting surface
What is focal point
It’s where all the incident rays converge
What is radius of curvature
The line the joints on the point of the mirror
what is the difference between concave and convex
concave is inward convex is outward
