Unit 6 Vocab 1

Front

Subtractive primary colors

Back

Magenta, yellow, and cyan; key colors in printing and mixing.

Front

Opaque materials

Back

absorb light without re-emission

Front

Polarization

Back

Aligning vibrations in a transverse wave

Front

Light year

Back

Distance light travels in one year

Front

Electromagnetic spectrum

Back

Range of electromagnetic waves from radio to gamma.

Front

Converging lens:

Back

Thickest in the middle; convex.

Front

Pigment: material in glass that absorbs colored light

Back

material in glass that selectively absorbs colored light

Front

spectroscope

Back

instrument that separates light into frequencies

Front

Angle of reflection

Back

Angle between the reflected ray and the normal to the surface.

Front

mirage

Back

distorted image appearance