Light Flashcards
3 primary colours of light
Red, Green, Blue
Explain what is meant by refractive index
Ratio of sine of the angle of incidence
converging beam
Light spreading out like in a torch
Divierging beam
Light getting narrower
parallel beam
light remains same width
Convex mirror
image is always virtual and located behind the mirror
Concave mirror
object outside of the focus-real image
inside OR at the focus-virtual image
What is refraction
the bending of a ray of light when it goes from one medium to another
what is the Critical angle
when light travels from a denser to a rarer medium the angle of incidence who’s corresponding angle of refraction is 90 degrees
what is the unit of the power of the lense
M to the power of -1
Short and long sightedness corrected with what type of lense
short-concave
long-convex