Characteristics of Light

Front

What is the minimum angle of incidence that produces total internal reflection?

Back

Critical angle.

Front

What is a medium that slows the speed of light more than another?

Back

Optical dense.

Front

What states that the angle of incidence of a wave is equal to the angle of reflection?

Back

Law of reflection.

Front

What is a single beam of light that travels in a straight line until it strikes an obstacle?

Back

Ray of light.

Front

Colors of the spectrum are associated with specific light ___.

Back

Wavelengths.

Front

What is the phenomenon called when light bends as it passes from one medium to another?

Back

Refraction.

Front

What is the term for the bouncing back of light when it hits a surface?

Back

Reflection.

Front

What is the range of all the colors of light visible to the human eye called?

Back

Visible spectrum.

Front

What is the term for the distance between successive peaks of a wave?

Back

Wavelength.

Front

What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

Back

Approximately 299,792 kilometers per second.