A | B |
incident ray | light ray going towards mirror |
reflecting ray | light ray bouncing off mirror |
angle | corner/amount direction changes |
cornea | transparent; covers iris and pupil |
iris | opens and closes the pupil |
pupil | lets light into the eye |
lens | focuses light onto retina |
retina | detects light (cells absorb light) |
optic nerve | sends info from retina to brain |
mirror | a surface that reflects light |
object | anything made of atoms |
nanometre | 1/1000000000 of a metre |
kilometre | 1000 time a metre |
metre | international unit for distance |
wave | regular movement up and down |
medium | what type of substance e.g. air |
refraction | bending inside different substance |
media | plural of medium |
colours | different wavelengths of light |
amplitude | wave height (above resting line) |