Light Behaviors
The Human Eye
Reflect Transmit Absorb Refract
Objects & Light
Vocabulary
100

What is the largest light source that helps life live

the Sun

100

This Nerve send images to the brain to be processed

Optic Nerve

100

A mirror does this to light

Reflect

100

A brick wall blocks light from passing through it this wall is what ?

opaque

100

An Object that emits light is a what

Light Source

200

Light helps plants because it allows them to make food through the process called what 

Photosynthesis

200

This part of the eye is what determines the color of your eye

Iris
200

When we see our reflection in a mirror why do we see a clear reflection

The mirror is smooth and reflects light smoothly 

200

When most light passes through an object the object is

Transparent

200

When an object blocks light from hitting behind it, it creates a what

Shadow

300
How does light travel

In a straight line

300

What part of the eye can became smaller or larger to allow light to enter

Pupil

300

When the sunlight shines through the classroom windows it becomes warm because light is doing what 

transmitting

300

Light is made up of what 3 colors

Red Green Blue

300

A lens that is thick in the center and thin on the edges is called what type of lens

Convex

400

when light shines all 3 colors what do we see

White light

400

where is the shaggy carpet of rods and cones cells located

Retina

400

When light hits a brick wall what happens to most of the light

it is Absorbed

400

Why does snow not show our reflection

snow is very rough and light scatters in all directions when it hits it. 

400

When light hits an object the point at which it hits the object is called the what

Point of Incident

500

When light hits an object and absorbs all the light this color is Seen by our eyes

Black

500

This part of the eye is what gives the eye its circular shape and gelatins  tecture

Virtous Humor

500

When Light hits water the what makes light slow down causing it to do what

Refract

500

If Mr Harmon has a red light on in the classroom why would his green water bottle look Black and not green ?

There is no green light to be reflected since the only light shining is red so the water bottle would look black 

500

What is the layer in the mirror that is smooth and allows light to reflect smoothly 

Silvering