Light Flashcards

1
Q

3 primary colours of light

A

Red, Green, Blue

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2
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Explain what is meant by refractive index

A

Ratio of sine of the angle of incidence

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3
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converging beam

A

Light spreading out like in a torch

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4
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Divierging beam

A

Light getting narrower

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5
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parallel beam

A

light remains same width

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6
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Convex mirror

A

image is always virtual and located behind the mirror

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7
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Concave mirror

A

object outside of the focus-real image
inside OR at the focus-virtual image

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8
Q

What is refraction

A

the bending of a ray of light when it goes from one medium to another

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9
Q

what is the Critical angle

A

when light travels from a denser to a rarer medium the angle of incidence who’s corresponding angle of refraction is 90 degrees

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10
Q

what is the unit of the power of the lense

A

M to the power of -1

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11
Q

Short and long sightedness corrected with what type of lense

A

short-concave
long-convex

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