Science Week 4-6 Flashcards
– has properties of waves and particles
– bounce off from reflecting surface called reflection
Lights
– bouncing back of light
Reflection
– the reflective image has a smooth surface
Specular
the reflecting surface is rough then the reflective image will be distorted
Diffuse
has no reflection or light cannot pass through; transfer of energy carried by the light waves to the particles of m
Absorption
scattering of light and follows the law of reflection; the reflection of light
Scattering
Law of reflection
- The angle of incidence is equal to the angle
- The incident ray, the normal to the mirror at the point of incidence, and the reflected ray all lie in the same place
– any surface that is smooth to produce regular reflection of incidence upon it
Mirrors
– produce regular reflection of light and follows the law of reflection Produces virtual, upright, semi size to object, same distance behind mirror, and laterally
reversed
Plane mirror
– curved mirrors that can produce images that are different in shape, size, and
orientation with respect to the original object
Spherical mirror
– inward (converging mirror); real or virtual, larger, same size,
smaller than the object
Concave mirror
- outward (diverging mirror); reflected rays scatter or spread;
virtual, upright, and smaller than the object
Convex mirror
-if the distance of the object is less than the focal length
-if the object is between the mirror and the focus, it will be right side up and larger
Virtual
- if the distance is greater than the focal length of the lens
-farther than the focus, may appear upside-down, larger, or smaller
Real
– bending of light as it passes from one medium to another
– change in the direction of light when it passes from 1 medium to another of different
optical density
Refraction
– is the effect associated with the separation of light into colors by a prism
Dispersion
Laws of refraction
1) Incident ray, refracted ray, and normal lies on the same plane
2) Denser to less dense bends away from normal
3) Less dense to denser bends toward normal
4) If the light hits the surface straight on (perpendicular), it doesn’t bend at all
- is any transparent object with two nonparallel curved surface, or one plane surface
and one curved surface
Lens
-thicker in the middle; are called converging lenses because they bend (refract) parallel light rays toward each other, meeting at a single point
called the principal focus (F)
Convex lens
– thinner middle and thick edges; is a diverging lens because it
spreads parallel light rays outward
Concave lens