Light
What is light made out of?
Photons (If you did not say photons, you are dumb)
What kind of lenes make things look bigger?
convex lenes
Who invented the first lenses?
Adolf Fick
In how many seconds can you send a laser signal around world?
About 0.14
What colors does white light have
The colors of the rainbow
Name at least 2 parts of your eye structure (if you name more than 2 you get a extra 1 point)
Ciliary muscles, Iris, Optic nerve, Retina, Cornea, Eyelashes, Lens, Watery bit, Sclera, Eye muscles, if you said at least 2 of these then you win
Who invented the Arc-Light in 1808?
Sir Humphery Davy
What does a ophthalmologist do?
They treat paitents with eye problems
What makes a light wave
It's made up of linked electric and a magnetic wave that is moving in the same direction.
Why should you never directly look at the sun for a long time? (give a good explanation)
The suns high energy photons kills off the cells in your retina and you will probably be blind after that.
Which two people was the first to explain the mirrors?
W.E. Ayrton and J. Perry.
What year was the first concave lenses made?
1451
Why do Light beams bend when they are shown in the water?
Because the photons push their way through the atoms of the water and in this process, they lose have of their speed which makes the light bend
How do you use a keratometer to measure the curve in your eye?
They make a beam of light that shines into your eyes so the doctor can see where your curve is.
How many discoveries did Albert Einstein make and where did he make them?
1905 discoveries and in Switzerland
What is the chemical phosphorus
It makes things glow
How many times does is take to wiggle and fro to form a light wave?
Approximately 600,000,000,000,000 times
How many types of cone cells do you have in your eye and how many colors can your eyes make out?
3 cone cells. One for green, another for red, and one for blue. And you can make about 10 million different colors.
Who took the first colored photo?
IT was taken by James Clerk Maxwell
Why in the middle ages people stared at mirrors as a tradition?
Because they thought they could see the future from the mirrors.