Physics & Math

Chapter 8: Light & Optics

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____ happens when light moves from a medium with a higher index of refraction to a medium with a lower index of refraction with a high inci…

The minimum incident angle at which ____ occurs is called the critical angle.

The minimum incident angle at which total internal reflection occurs is called the ____.

____ refract light to form images of objects.

Lenses ____ light to form images of objects.

____ have focal points on each side.

____ lenses are converging systems.

Convex lenses are ____ systems.

____ lenses are diverging systems.

Concave lenses are ____ systems.

____ lenses produce real, inverted images or virtual, upright images.

Convex lenses produce ____ images.

Concave lenses produce ____ images.

____ lenses produce virtual, upright images.

Lenses with ____ require use of the lensmaker’s equation .

Lenses with non-negligible thickness require use of ____.

Spherical mirrors and lenses are imperfect. They are therefore subject to specific types of errors or ____.

____ is a blurring of the periphery of an image as a result of inadequate reflection of parallel beams at the edge of a mirror or inadequat…

Spherical aberration is ____

____ is a dispersive effect within a spherical lens.

Chromatic aberration is ____

____ is the bending and spreading out of light waves as they pass through a narrow slit.

Diffraction may produce a ____ fringes with the addition of a lens.

Diffraction may produce a large central light fringe surrounded by alternating light and dark fringes with the addition of ____.

Young’s double-slit experiment shows ____.

____ shows the constructive and destructive interference of waves that occur as light passes through parallel slits, resulting in minima (d…

____ uses the bending of light rays to create a model of molecules.

____ occurs between the light reflected from the top and bottom surfaces of a film.

Thin film interference occurs between ____.

____ is light in which the electric fields of all the waves are oriented in the same direction

Plane-polarized light is light in which the ____ of all the waves are oriented in the same direction

Plane-polarized light is created by passing unpolarized light through a ____.

In ____, all of the light rays have electric fields with equal intensity but constantly rotating direction.

In circularly polarized light, all of the light rays have electric fields with ____ direction.

Circularly polarized light is created by exposing unpolarized light to ____.

____ light is created by exposing unpolarized light to special pigments or filters.

Optics equation:____

____ equation:

Magnification equation:____

Lensmaker’s equation:____

Power of lens equation:____

Focal length of multiple lens system equation:____

Power of multiple lens system equation:____

Magnification of multiple lens system equation:____

Positions of dark fringes in slit–lens setup equation: ____

____ equation: a sin θ = n λ

Positions of dark fringes in double-slit setup equation:____

____ equation:

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