MODULE QUIZ 4 Flashcards
(10 cards)
The bending of light rays as it passes to a medium. It occurs due to the differences in densuity between the two media
REFRACTION
Are transparent materials that bend light through refraction
Lenses
2 types of lenses
CONVEX LENS &
CONCAVE LENS
converging lenses bulge at the middle and thin at the edges.
a converging lens focuses parallel light rays from infinity to a single converging point.
convex lens
diverging lenses are lenses that are thin in the middle and bulk at the edges.
diverging lenses deflect parallel rays away from each other, making it appear to be diverging from the focal point.
concave lens
the center of the lens
vertex
the horizontal line that intersects the vertex
principal axis
the point where all of the light rays are focused on
focal point
distance from the focal point to the vertex
focal length (F)
twice the distance of the focal point from the vertex. it is the radius of the circle from which the lens was derived.
center of curvature (2F)