Vocabulary
What is the term for when light waves bounce off an object?
Reflection
What do you call a surprising or unusual event that occurs?
A phenomenon
What part of the eye does light pass through to get to the lens?
Pupil
What color coat would help you feel cooler on a warm sunny day- white or black? Explain
White, it will reflect the light and heat away from the person.
What do you call a physical representation of something else that can be smaller or larger than the original thing?
A model
Which materials allowed light to both transmit and reflect in our experiment?
Glass and the one-way mirror
What is the protective outer part of the eye called?
The cornea
Explain why it feels cooler when you are sitting in the shade on a hot sunny day.
The sunlight does not hit you so you are not absorbing light energy.
Give three examples of objects that transmit light.
Answers may vary.
When you have the light on in our model, what are you able to see?
Your reflection
What is the colored part of the eye called?
The iris.
Why do people wear glasses? Describe the difference in their eyes from people who don't wear glasses.
The shape of their eye might be shorter or longer
The lens in their eye might have an irregular shape.
What is the term for making something appear larger? [Hint: We used a lens from an object that does this in one of our labs]
Magnify
In order for the woman to see Pete, what did the light have to do?
It had to reflect off of Pete and transmit to her eyes through the one-way mirror
Explain what glasses do to the light.
Focus the light to make images clearer.
In order to see an object, what needs to happen?
A light source must be reflected off the object into your eye.
What do you call objects that allow all light to pass through it?
Transparent objects
What did the lens do with the light from the flashlight?
It focused the light or brought it together
What part of the eye does the lens focus the light onto?
The retina
The local pool wants to build a place for kids to cool off during adult swim. Using the following materials, come up with a building idea that would keep kids cooled off on a hot summer day. (Materials: wood, clear plastic, white paint, dark blue paint, a large old mirror) Explain why this building would help keep the kids cooled off.
Answers may vary. White paint, mirror roof...