light and optical devices
light travels in predictable ways
electromagnetic
spectrum
eyes and cameras
go lightly
100
He used prisms to show white light is made of colours
Who is Newton
100
The distance from one crest to the next
What is wavelength
100
The shortest wavelength visible light in the full spectrum
What is violet
100
The proper term for an object that produces light
What is luminous
100
This colour is obtained by mixing blue and green light
What is cyan
200
This mirror always produces a smaller reflection
What is a convex mirror
200
This is a line drawn perpendicular to the surface of a lens or mirror
What is the normal
200
The part of the spectrum known as heat
What is infrared
200
The part of a camera analogous to the pupil
What is the aperture
200
These units are also called picture elements
What are pixels
300
Michelson used rotating mirrors on two mountain tops to calculate this
What is the speed of light
300
The number of wavelengths passing in a second
What is frequency
300
The lowest energy part of the electromagnetic spectrum
What are radio waves
300
The part of the retina with no photoreceptors
What is the blind spot
300
This organ produces light in animals
What is a photophore
400
This kind of image is produced when an object is at the focal point of a convex lens or a concave mirror
What is no image
400
When a concave mirror produces an inverted image
What is the object is beyond the focal point
400
The type of light bulb that uses heat to produce light
What is incandescent
400
The condition when the eye focuses an image beyond the retina
What is far sightedness
400
This is the unit making up a compound eye
What is an ommatidium
500
This kind of reflection occurs when light hits an uneven surface
What is diffuse reflection
500
light refracts away from the normal when it passes from one medium into a ____________ dense medium
What is less dense
500
Light produced by living organisms
What is bioluminescence
500
Tapetum lucidum
What is a reflective layer in the eye of nocturnal creatures
500
This is the type of eye found in vertebrates
What is a camera eye
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