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1
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Ordinary light experiences wavelengths in all directions because…

A

It hasn’t been passed through a polarized filter

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When light travels from water to air??

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It will bend around the normal

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An incident light ray and reflected light Ray experience…

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The same medium, angle, and frequency

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When light enters a denser medium it’s angle of refraction is ____ than the incident.

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Smaller than

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When viewing a candle in a plain mirror its image is

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Virtual

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Water is ____ to UV light and _____ to visible light?

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Opaque;traslucent

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Why does an image not form on the other side of a diverging mirror?

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The light rays never converge

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When view an image from an object that is an infinite distance from a converging mirror…

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Di=f

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When an object is between f1 and f2 its image is??

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Magnified

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What does it mean to be transparent?

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Light is absorbed and transmitted without a loss of energy

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What does it mean to be translucent?

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Some light is absorbed, some is transmitted, and some is reflected

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What does it mean to be opaque?

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Light is turned into kinetic energy OR reflected

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Light in air bends towards the normal, light in water bends away from the normal, and light moving through water to air bends

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Away from the normal

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How does light travel?

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When observed it travels as a particle… When not observed like a wave

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Light bends towards what?

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More dense medium

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What is snell’s law??

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N1 sinø1=n2sinø2

17
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Light normally travels in what direction

A

Random directions

18
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What happens when light is polarized?

A

The light vibrates in one direction

19
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For snell’s law what do n1 and ø1 represent?

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The incident ray

20
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In snell’s law what do n2 and ø2 represent?

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The refracted Ray

21
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What is the first line in a light diagram?

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A line from the object to the mirror and then reflected through the focus

22
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What is the second line in a light diagram?

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A line from the object through the focus to the mirror reflected as a straight line

23
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In a converging or diverging light diagram what is line 1?

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A line from the object to the center of the mirror through the f1 on the other side

24
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In a converging/ diverging light diagram what is line 2?

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A line from the object through F1 to the center of the mirror then reflected as straight line

25
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How can you calculate magnification?

A

Di/do

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