Optical devices and Scientists
Properties of Light
Eye's
Lenses and Mirrors
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100

                   The name of this device?

What is a telescope.

100

The angle of incidence equals the ________ __ ____________ .

What is the angle of reflection.

100

This part performs an important function in both your eyes and in a film camera.

What is a lens. 

100

The point at which beams of light meet up after hitting a mirror or lens. 

What is the focal point.

100

This word is used to describe objects which create light.

What is luminous. 

200

This device is created by connecting two refracting telescopes together.

What is Binoculars. 

200

What property of light is proven by someone charging their laptop in class. 

Light is a form of energy. 

200

Cat eyes contain more of these to improve their night vision.

What are rods.

200

These lenses curve inwards at the middle. 

What is a concave lens. 

200

This surgery reshapes a patients cornea to act as a lens, fixing issues with their vision. 

What is laser eye surgery. 

300

By shining light through a prism this English scientist proved that white light is made up of different colours.

Who is Isaac Newton.

300

The name for an object which no light passes through.

What is opaque.

300

The part of your eye that gives your eyes there colour. 

What is the iris.

300

Convex mirrors create images which are always ________ and _________ . 

Smaller and upright. 

300

       The kind of reflection shown in this image.

                 What is diffuse reflection.

400

This ancient Greek scientist was famous for trying to create a death ray out of mirrors.

Who Is Archimedes. 

400

How fast does light travel?

300,000 Km/s

400

The vision problem shown by this image.

What is farsightedness.

400

Below is a diagram of a mirror and an object. How does the image being created compared to the object. 

The image is larger and upright. 

400

These colours are absorbed by a green leaf. 

 What is everything but green. 

500

What type of telescope is Hubble?

Reflecting.

500

Which colour of substance has the greatest density brown, blue or purple?

What is brown. 

500

Insect eyes are made up of thousands of these   individual units. 

What are ommatidium.  

500

This kind of lens is required to fix the vision of a nearsighted person. 

What is a concave lens. 

500

This important component of our eyeballs is the reason we have a blind-spot in our eyes.

What is the optic nerve.