Reflection and refraction

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  • Created by: tom4dui24
  • Created on: 05-05-17 12:06
Incident ray
the ray that hits your mirror
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Reflected ray
the ray that reflects (comes back)
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Law of reflection
the degree of the reflected ray and the incident ray are exactly the same from the 90 degrees on the mirror just on the other side
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Specular reflection
the reflection from a smooth surface
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Diffuse scattering
the reflection of a rough surface
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What happens to the reflection with a rough surface?
the reflected ray goes in every angle because of it hitting in bumpy places
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What does refraction do?
it makes the object seem to be in a different place then it actually is
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Why does refraction happen?
because the light goes slower and so goes into a different angle
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Card 2

Front

Reflected ray

Back

the ray that reflects (comes back)

Card 3

Front

Law of reflection

Back

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Card 4

Front

Specular reflection

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Diffuse scattering

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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