Light Waves

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Total cards: 13•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Light wave

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Electromagnetic wave Invisible to human eye (can see effects=sunburns)

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Lights can be… (3)

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Reflected Refracted Absorbed

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Réflection

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Rebounding of light when it hits another medium and bounces back from medium it came from

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Specular reflection

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Produces true mirror image Parallel incoming rays are reflected back parallel

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Diffuse réflection

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Light rays are reflected in many different directions

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Images in mirrors…(3)

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Same size Same distance in front and behind Opposite orientation

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Réfraction

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Light changes direction when it passes from one medium to another

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Converging lense

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Causes parallel light rays to come together (thicker middle, thinner ends= eye contacts)

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Diverging lense

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Causes parallel light to move apart

#10

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Focal point

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Converging lense

#11

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Diverging lense

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Notes Goes outwards

#12

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Real image

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Can be projected onto screens ex; projector,camera

#13

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Virtual image

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Cannot be captured on a reflective surface Image found by extending reflected rays