Across
- 4. a lens that spreads parallel light rays away from a common point
- 9. a lens that brings parallel light rays toward a common point
- 10. a mirror with a reflecting surface that curves inward
- 12. a mirror with a reflecting surface that curves outward
- 13. the distance from the center line to the crest
- 14. three laws that describe the predictable pattern path light follows when it strikes a reflective surface
- 16. the idea that light travels in straight lines
- 18. the distance from one crest to another
Down
- 1. an extremely smooth, flat reflective surface
- 2. the process in which light passes through a medium and keeps travelling
- 3. the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in one second
- 5. the process in which light bounces off the surface of an object and travels in another direction
- 6. the process in which light energy remains in the object that it strikes
- 7. the idea that light has particle-like properties
- 8. the process in which light changes direction when it moves from one medium to another
- 11. the idea that light has wave-like properties
- 15. a form of energy that includes radio waves and microwaves
- 17. a transparent object with at least one curved side that causes light to refract