Physics III Honors, Ch. 14: The Basics
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vanillaflourish on May 23, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 speed | According to Snell's law, as a light right ravels from one medium into another medium where the light's ____ is different, the light ray will change its direction unless it travels along the normal. |
| larger | When light passes from one medium into another medium with a larger/smaller index of refraction, the ray bends towards the normal. |
| smaller | When light passes from one medium into another medium with a smaller/larger index of refraction, the ray bends away from the normal. |
| real, inverted | The image produced by a converging lens is real/virtual and upright/inverted when the object is outside the focal point. |
| virtual, upright | The image produced by a converging lens is real/virtual and upright/inverted when the object is inside the focal point. |
| upright, virtual | Diverging lenses always produce _____, _____ images. |
| Total internal reflection | ______ _______ ________ can occur when light attempts to move from a material with a higher index of refraction to one with a lower index of refraction. If the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle (90° with the normal), the ray is totally reflected at the boundary. |
| Mirages | ______ and the visibility of the sun after it has physically set are naturally phenomena that can be attributed to the refraction of light in the Earth's atmosphere. |
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