Science Key Words
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| Incident Ray | An incident ray of light that strikes a surface eg. a rare view mirror.
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| Convex | Having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere
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| Retina | A layer at the back of the eye-ball that contains cells that are sensitive to light.
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| Refraction | The fact or phenomenon of light, radio waves etc
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| Sound energy | Energy produced by vibrating objects passed from atom to atom.
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| Frequency | The number of crests of waves past a point or given time at the rate of which something travels.
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| Transverse Wave | Like the waves you see in the ocean. Group down at 90*
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| Concave | Having an outline or surface that curves inwards like the interior of a circle or sphere.
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| Mirror | A surface usually made of glass, which reflects a clear image.
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| Lenses | A piece of glass or another transparent material with curved sides for concentrating or dispersing light rays, used singly or with other lenses.
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| Opaque | An object you can't see through eg. wood
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| Visible spectrum | Visible to the human eye. a form of electromagnetic radiation.
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| Prism | A solid geometric figure whose two ends are similar, equal and parallel rectilinear figure usually a quadrilateral.
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| Wavelength | The maximum wavelength between the crest and the trough
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| Light energy | The energy of electromagnet waves eg. microwaves, visible light.
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| Kinetic Energy | A energy made by a moving objects motion eg. moving cars or biking
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| Joules | The unit of energy created by James Prescott Joule
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| Gravitational Potential Energy | Energy stored in a object due to it's height above the ground about to go into kinetic energy.
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