Chapter 13 Review - Vocab - Physical Science

A flat, smooth mirror is a...

• lens

• plane mirror

• convex mirror

• concave mirror

An image that your brain perceives even though no light rays pass through the location of that image is a....

• virtual image

• real image

• mirror image

• lens image

A ______ is a mirror whose surface curves inward

• plane mirror

• convex mirror

• concave mirror

• concave lens

The ____ is an imaginary straight line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the mirror at the mirror's center.

• concave mirror

• focal point

• optical axis

• focal length

The _____ for a concave mirror is the point on the optical axis on which light rays that re initially parallel to the optical axis converge after they reflect off the mirror.

• focal point

• focal length

• optical point

• mirror point

The distance fro m the center of the mirror to the focal point is the...

• focal point

• point focal

• mirror length

• focal length

A ____ is an image that is formed when light rays converge to form the image.

• real image

• virtual image

• imaginary image

• focal image

A ____ is a mirror that curve outward, like the back of the spoon.

• concave mirror

• concave lense

• convex mirror

• convex lense

A _______ is a lens that is thicker in the middle than at the edges

• concave lens

• concave mirror

• convex mirror

• convex lens

A _____ is a lens that is thinner in the middle and thicker at the edges.

• concave mirror

• concave lens

• convex lens

• concave mirror