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Grade 8 Science

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light   The form of energy we can see.  
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radiant energy   Energy transfered or transmitted as waves or rays in all directions  
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artificial light source   A human made source of light  
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Incandescence   The emission of visible light by a hot object  
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fluorescence   The process in which high energy, invisible ultravioletlight is absorbed by the particles of an object, which then emits some of this energy as visible light, causing the object to glow  
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phosphorescence   The persiistent emission of light following exposure to and removal of a source of radiation  
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chemiluminescence   The emission of light resulting from chemical action and not involving heat  
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bioluminescence   The emission of light produced by chemical reactions inside it's body to produce light  
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luminous   Giving off its own light  
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transparent   Allowing light to pass through  
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translucent   Allowing some light to pass through. The light, however, is scattered from it's straight path  
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opaque   Not allowing any light to pass through  
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Reflection   The casting back of light from a surface  
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Angle of incident   In optics, the angle between the incident ray and the normal  
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plane mirror   A mirror having a flat surface  
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Law of reflection   The two main predictible behaviours of reflected light: 1. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. 2. The incident ray, the normal, and the reflected ray are always in the same plane.  
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Convex mirrors   Mirrors that buldge out  
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Concave mirrors   Mirrors that are caved in  
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Virtual image   An image located where reflected rays only seem to originate  
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Refraction   The bending of light when it travels form one medium to another  
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Angle of refraction   In optics, the angle between the normal and the reflected ray  
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Lens   A curved piece of transparent material, usually glass or plastic. Light rays bend as they pass through a lens.  
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Double convex lens   Double convex is thicker in the middle than around the edges. This causes the refracting light rays to come together ,or converge.  
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Double concave lens   Is thinner and flatter in the middle then around the edges. Light passing through the thicker, more curved areasof lens will bend more then light passing through flatter edges.  
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Retina   A light sensitive area at the back of your eye  
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Near- Sighted   People who have trouble seeing distant objects  
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Far- Sighted   Have trouble seeing objects that areclose to them  
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Diaphram   Is a device that controls the opening of the lens or optical system.  
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Aperature   The opening of a lens or optical system.  
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Shutter   In a camera,a device that opens the aperature to allow light to reach the film; can let more light reach the film by staying open longer  
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Optic Nerve   The nerve that conects the eye to the brain  
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Blind Spot   The point where the optic nerve enters the retina; has no light-sensing cells  
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Prisms   In binoculars, glass blocks serving as plane mirrors; allow binoculars to be made shorter than telescopes  
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Soaler spectrum   The patterns of colors in sunlight: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet  
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Rod cell   In the retina of the eye, a cylinder-like cell that detects the presence of light  
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Cone cell   In the retina of the eye, a cone-shaped cell that detects color  
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Color Blindness   A condition in which people have difficulty distinguidhing between some colors  
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Crests   The high part of a wave  
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troughs   The low part of a wave, between crests  
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wavelength   The distance from crest to crest, or from trough to trough, of a wave of light as it travels through space; also used to describe the distance from crest to crest, or from trough to trough, of a water wave  
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amplitude   In a wave the height of the crest or the depth of the trough  
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frequency   The number of entire cycles completed by a vibrating object in a unit of time; usually given in cycles per second, or hertz  
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Laserlight   A device for amplifying light to produce an intense, narrow, beam; used in computer printers, surgical procedures, and other applications. The term stand s for light amplication by the stimulated emmision of radiation  
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Incoherent light   Refering to light, having many different wavelength but the waves are not lined uP  
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Coherent light   Refering to light, having only one wavelength, with all waves lined up in a similar pattern  
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Electromagnetic spectrum   The arrangement by wavelength of the different forms of electtro magnetic radiation, including visible light energy  
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Ultraviolet Light   Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range, wavelengths shorter then light but longer than xrays  
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Xrays   Electromagnetic radiation having a very short wavelength; can penetrate substances such as skin and muscle  
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Gamma Rays   The rays having the shortest frequency and highest energy of all radiant waves in the electromagnetic spectrum; Gamma rays come from nuclear reactions  
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Angle of reflection   In optics, the angle between the normal and the reflected ray  
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