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Lenses and Mirrors
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| light | energy moving through space from its source to an object and then from that object to our eyes |
| Light travels at ... | 186.000 miles per second |
| transparent | clear, light passes completely through |
| translucent | light passes through but you cannot see objects on the other side clearly |
| opaque | light cannot pass through |
| artificial light | man made light (give examples) |
| natural light | light in nature(God made) give examples |
| How does light travel? | In straight lines |
| reflect | to bounce off |
| luminous | produces it's own light |
| converge | focus |
| diverge | scatter |
| convex mirror | bulges out at the center and causes light to scatter(diverge) and make things look smaller. |
| concave mirror | "caves in" or sinks in the center and causes light to focus(converge) and make things look bigger |