Terms
Path of Light
Materials
Experiment
Miscellaneous
100
This materials transmits most light and reflects a little light.
Glass
200
What material is being represented in the diagram?
One-way mirror
200
What can happen to light when it hits a material?
Light can reflect, transmit, or a combination of both
200
Why can glass be reflective?
Because of the impurities, dust, and dirt.
300
To bend or change directions
refract
300
No. The light is behind them so when it reflects off the capybara it does not reach the persons eyes.
300
This diagram show how light interacts with what material?
A one-way mirror
300
What is the process of making a one-way mirror reflective?
Silvering
300
Which part of the eye refracts and focuses light on the retina?
Lens
400
To bounce off of something
reflect
400
What is the path of light to see the flower?
The light travels from the sun to the flower and most then transmits through the glass to the girl's eyes.
400
What conditions make for the weakest one-way mirror?
When equal light is on in both rooms
400
How can the teacher see through the one-way mirror?
Some light from the students room transmits through the clear parts of the one-way mirror.
400
If there is more than 1 light input, how is it determined what a person will see?
The brain will process the strongest input
500
To go through a material
transmit
500
What is the path of light to see the flower?
Sun to flower to mirror to girl.
500
How does the structure of a one-way mirror help make it work?
There are clear (transparent) parts and reflective parts.
500
How does the student see his own reflection?
Light reflects off of the student to the one-way mirror and some of it reflects back into the student's eyes.
500
Explain the step-by-step process for how the eye sees an image.
Light enters through the pupil.
The lens refracts the light and focuses it on the retina, which then sends an electrical signal to through the optic nerve to the brain.