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ECHO
A sound that is reflected and heard multiple times
SONAR (acronym)
SOund Navigation And Ranging
REVERBERATION
Length of time a sound can be heard
DIFFUSE REFLECTION
The reflection of scattering of light in many directions
REGULAR REFLECTION
The reflection of light off a smooth surface
ANGLE OF INCIDENCE
The angle of a ray of light
ANGLE OF REFLECTION
An angle made from the reflection of the angle of incidence
TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION
Light that is reflected from the boundary as though it was a mirror
CRITICAL ANGLE
When light is refracted so far from the normal it runs along the boundary of the two substances
REFRACTIVE INDEX
A measure of how easily light travels through a substance
HOW PARTICLES MOVE IN A SOUND WAVE
Movement of altering compressions and rarefactions
FLAT MIRROR
plane mirror
LATERAL INVERSION
Referred to the reveres sideways reflection seen in a mirror
VIRTUAL IMAGE
Formed when rays of light do not actually meet, but only appear to meet at a point in the mirror