Light and Matter
A meterial that allows almost all the light that strikes it to pass through and form a clear images
What is transparent?
pg 636
The longest wavelength of light
What is red?
pg 638
Lens thicker in the middle and thinner on the outside
What is a convex lens?
pg 652
Handheld device that uses two lenses to make distant objects look closer
What are dinoculars?
pg 661
Optical device that produces a narrow beam of coherent light
What is a laser
pg 664
Warm feeling window
What is energy in sunlight that stays in the window?
pg 637
Color not absorbed by all the wavelengths
What is it's own color?
pg 638
Lens thinner in the middle that spreads light rays apart
What is a concave lens?
pg 652
Telescope uses lenses to bend light and focus it to make distant objects appear close
What is a refracting telescope?
pg 662
Small disc storing music
What is a CD?
pg 664
You can see a reflection of yourself
What is a pane of glass?
pg 637
Each primary pigment subtracts color
What is absorption?
pg 639
Where light rays meet after passing through a convex lens
What is focal point?
pg 653
Telescope uses mirrors instead of lenses to gather and reflect light to form an image
What is a reflecting telescope?
pg 662
Disc storing movies and larger amounts of information
What is a DVD?
pg 664
The bouncing of a wave off a surface
What is reflection?
pg 637
Color produced by adding the three primary colors
What is black?
pg 639
Devices used to help people see better when nearsighted or farsighted
What are glasses and contacts?
pg 657
Single lens device used by scientists to enlarge very small objects
What is a microscope?
pg 662
A 3D image made from a laser that appears floating
What is a hologram?
pg 665
A figure, picture, or representation of an object
What is an image?
pg 637
Color you see where the three primary light colors overlap
What is white light?
pg 639
Using lenses to make distant images look closer
What is magnification?
pg 653
Device uses a lens to capture light and store an image
What is a camera?
pg 663
Thin plastic strand that carries information using light
What is an optical fiber?
pg 666