term given (in this topic) to light (or another type of wave) bouncing back from a surface, without being absorbed - reflection, a flat silvered surface usually covered with glass that is designed to reflect as much light as possible - plane mirror, straight lines that represent the path of light - rays, a ray of light arriving at a surface - incident ray, at right angles - perpendicular, in ray diagrams, an imaginary line that is perpendicular to a surface - normal, equipment used to measure angles on diagrams - protractor, piece of equipment in the shape of a right-angled triangle used in drawing diagrams - set square, the angle between the incident ray and the normal - angle of incidence, the angle between the reflected ray and the normal - angle of reflection, the use of labelled lines to show what happens to light when incident on a surface - ray diagram, statement that the angle of incidence and angle of reflection are equal - law of reflection,

Topic 6.1: Reflection

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