Vocab 1
The sun and a flashlight are examples of this.
What is a light source?
A material that allows light to go through.
What is transparent?
This is how light travels.
What is in straight lines?
This is what happens when light hits glass.
What is mostly transmits?
This is where light enters the eyes.
What is the pupil?
Light bouncing off
What is reflecting?
A material that does not allow light to pass through.
What is opaque?
This is what happens when light hits a mirror.
What is reflect?
This part of the one-way mirror reflects light back.
What are the shiny silver parts?
This controls the size of the pupil.
What is the iris?
Light going through
What is transmitting?
A piece of glass that is a mirror on one side and like a window on the other.
What is a one-way mirror?
What are impurities?
List 2 things that contribute to a good model
What is (key, title, color, etc)?
This focuses the light on the retina.
What is the lens?
A small representation of something.
What is a model?
Silver -colored material that is used to coat glass to make it reflective.
What is silvering?
This is the process that turns glass into a mirror.
What is silvering?
The average percentage of light that reflects off a one-way mirror
What is 40%?
The retina turns light it to these.
What are electrical signals?
Sandblasting the Disney Concert Hall did this to the light in order to reduce glare
What is scatter light?
This is added to the back of a mirror to make it opaque.
What is paint?
A one-way mirror works best in these light conditions.
What is with a big difference in light?
A material that does not allow light to transmit.
What is opaque?
Electrical signals travel along this.
What is the optic nerve?