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CHAPTER 30 VOCABULARY

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lens   a piece of glass or other material that can bend parellel rays of light so that they cross or appear to cross, at a single point.  
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converging lens   a lens that is thickest in the middle, causing parellel rays of light to converge to a focus  
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convex lens   a lens that is thickest in the middle, causing parellel rays of light to converge to a focus  
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diverging lens   a lens that is thinnest in the middle and that causes parallel rays of light to diverge  
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concave lens   a lens that is thinnest in the middle and that causes parallel rays of light to diverge  
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principal axis   the line joining the centers of curvature of the surfaces of a lens  
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focal point   for a converging lens the point at which a beam of light parallel to the principal axis converges for a diverging lens the point from which such a beam appears to come.  
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focal plane   a plane passing through either focal point of a lens that is perpendicular to the principal axis. converging lens any incident parallel beam of light converges. to a point somewhere on a focal plane.  
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focal length   the distance between the center of a lens and either focall point  
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real image.   an image that is formed by converging light rays and that can be displayed on a screen  
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virtual image   an image formed through reflection or refraction that can be seen by an observer that can be seen by an observer but cannot be projected on a screen because light from the object does not actually come to a focus  
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ray diagram   a diagram showing rays that can be drawn to determine the size and location of an image formed by a mirror or lens  
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eye piece   lens of a telescope closest to the eye; enlarges the real image formed the first lens.  
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objective lens   in an optical device using compound lenses the lens closest the object observed.  
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cornea   the transparent covering over the eyeball  
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iris   the colored part of the eye that surrounds the pupil. controls the light going in and out.  
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pupil   the opeaning inthe eyeball through which light passes  
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retina   the layer of light. sensitive tissue in back of the eye  
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farsighted   term applied to a person who has trouble focusing on near by objects because the eyeball is to schort that images form behind the retine  
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nearsighted   term applied to a person who can clearly see nearby objects but not clearly see distant objects. images form in front of the retina.  
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astigmatism   defect of the eye caused when the cornea is curved more in one direction than in another.  
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aberration   distortion in n image produced by a lens  
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fovea   the part of the eye in the most center part where you have your sharpest vision  
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blind spot   a part of the eye where the image/vision is not recieved  
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accommodation   the process by which the vertebrate eye changes optical power to maintain a clear image on an object.  
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