Reflection and Refraction of light

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What is the phenomenon called when white light is separated into its component colors?

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Dispersion

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What is the term for the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

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Refraction

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What do we call materials that allow light to pass through them?

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Transparent materials

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What is the term for materials that do not allow any light to pass through?

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Opaque materials

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What happens to light when it strikes a rough surface?

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It scatters.

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What is the angle of incidence?

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The angle between the incident ray and the normal line at the point of incidence.

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What is the angle of reflection?

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The angle between the reflected ray and the normal line at the point of reflection.

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What is the normal line in the context of reflection and refraction?

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An imaginary line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence.

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What is total internal reflection?

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The phenomenon that occurs when light is completely reflected back into a medium at an angle greater than the critical angle.

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What is the critical angle?

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The angle of incidence above which total internal reflection occurs.

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