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Shadows, Pinhole Cameras, Prisms

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What is umbra?   Latin word for shade; another work for shadow  
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What is penumbra?   Latins word meaning almost a shade  
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What does eclipse mean?   Greek work for failure to appear.  
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In a pinhole camera the smaller the hole, the _______ the image.   Sharper  
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Where does the word image come from?   The Latin word Imaga, which means imitation  
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Images are ________, so they appear upside down?   Inverted  
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What is a prism?   An optical medium with non-parallel sides?  
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Angles inside and outside the prism are usually not _____?   Equal  
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What are prisms used for?   changing the apparent positions of the object; altering the direction light travels; measuring and correcting phorias and trophias; reflecting light  
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The two refracting surfaces are referred to as....   first and second surfaces, or front and back surfaces  
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What is the reflecting surface of a prism?   The second surface if the critical angle is exceeded  
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What is the apical angle?   The number of degrees between the first and second refracting surface. Referred to as (a)  
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The orientation of prisms is described according to it's?   Base Direction  
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Prisms bend light towards the..?   base  
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Prisms deviate light towards the...?   Apex  
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What is dispersion?   The breaking up of white light into its spectral components (wavelengths/colors)of the electromagnetic spectrum.  
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