Ch. 8 Vocab. Science

Materials that transmit most of the light that strikes it.  The light passes right through without being scattered.

• Transparent
• Translucent
• Opaque
• Regular Reflection

Material that scatters light as it passes through. You can usually see something behind it, but the item is blurred.

• transparent
• translucent
• Opaque
• Regular Reflection

Material that reflects or absorbs all of the light that strikes it.  you cannot see through this material.

• transparent
• translucent
• Opaque
• Regular Reflection

This occurs when parallel rays of light hit a smooth surface.

• Regular Reflection
• Diffuse Reflection
• Plane Mirror
• Focal Point

This occurs when parallel rays of light hit a bumpy or uneven surface.

• Regular Reflection
• Diffuse Reflection
• Plane mirror
• Focal point

Is a flat sheet of glass that has a smooth, silver colored coating on one side.

• Plane Mirror
• Virtual image
• focal point
• silver mirror

A mirror with a surface that curves inward like the inside of a bowl is called this.

• Concave Mirror
• Convex Mirror
• Optical Axis
• Focal Point

The point at which rays parallel to the optical axis meet. It also depends on the shape of the mirror.

• Concave Mirror
• Convex Mirror
• Focal Point
• Regular Reflection

A mirror with a surface that curves outward is called this.

• Concave Mirror
• Convex Mirror
• Opaque
• Regular Reflection

Is a curved piece of glass or other transparent material that is used to refract light.

• lens
• Mirror
• Opaque
• Reflection