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| a wave emitted by vibrating electric charges (often electrons) and composed of vibrating electric and magnetic fields that regenerate one another |
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| in what form does radiant energy travel? |
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| an electromagnetic wave with long wavelength |
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| an electromagnetic wave with short wave length |
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| electromagnetic wave frequencies longer and lower than that of visible light. Infrared is a slightly lower frequency than red light. |
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| the only electromagnetic waves we can see (lower wave frequencies). the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to (can be detected by) the human eye. |
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| The invisible rays of the spectrum that are outside of the visible spectrum at its short-wavelength violet end. wave lengths shorter (higher) than light but longer (lower) than x-rays. |
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| Electromagnetic wave shorter (higher) than ultraviolet rays but longer (lower) than gamma rays. |
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| electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely shortest wavelength, highest energy and wavelength |
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| the return of light into the medium from which it came |
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| the angle of reflection equals the angle of incident |
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| reflection in irregular directions from an irregular surface |
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| the bending of a wave through either a nonuniform medium or from one medium to another, caused by differences in wave speed |
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| the return of light into the medium from which it came |
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| subtractive primary colors |
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| the pigments of cyan (blue), magenta (red), and yellow. when mixed in certain proportions, they reflect any other color in the visible-light part of the electromagnetic spectrum. |
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| light being re-emitted in all directions |
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| the smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally reflected |
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| occurs when a ray of light strikes a medium boundary at an angle larger than a particular critical angle with respect to the normal to the surface. |
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| an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain |
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| the point of convergence for light parallel to the principle access |
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| the distance between the center of the lens and either focal point. |
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| all energy (and thus all matter) exhibits both wave-like and particle-like properties |
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| uniformly composed mixtures. have definite and consistent chemical composition and physical properties. |
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| any material made of only one type of atom |
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| a substance formed when atoms of different elements bond to one another |
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| Pigments that absorb magenta show |
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| green (absorbs what color) |
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| Pigments that absorb yellow shows |
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| blue (absorbs what color) |
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| Pigments that absorb cyan show the color |
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