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Light Vocab

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  • Q1
    A property of an object produced by the wavelength of light that the object reflects.
    Colour
    30s
  • Q2
    This lens turn to spread light out.
    Concave Lens
    30s
  • Q3
    This type of lens concentrates light by bending the rays to a common point once they pass through.
    Convex Lens
    30s
  • Q4
    Concave Lens
    CURVED IN like the inner surface of a sphere.
    30s
  • Q5
    Convex Lens
    CURVED OUT like the back of a spoon.
    30s
  • Q6
    TO SPREAD OR SCATTER. The separating out of different wavelengths of white light.
    Dispersion
    30s
  • Q7
    TO GIVE OFF SOMETHING as in the sun giving off light.
    Emit
    30s
  • Q8
    A tube through which can be seen symmetrical patterns caused by reflections from mirrors.
    Kaleidoscope
    30s
  • Q9
    A FORM OF ENERGY. That energy emitted by the sun or by a chemical reaction to which the eye is sensitive.
    Light
    30s
  • Q10
    Instrument that measures the intensity of light in a particular area.
    Light Meter
    30s
  • Q11
    TO GLOW OR TO GIVE OFF LIGHT at low temperatures. Like fireflies, lantern fish, glow sticks, glowworms
    Luminescent
    30s
  • Q12
    TO MAKE SMALL THINGS LOOK BIGGER by looking at them through one or more convex lenses.
    Magnify
    30s
  • Q13
    A material that DOES NOT LET LIGHT PASS THROUGH.
    Opaque
    30s
  • Q14
    A THREE-SIDED LENGTH OF GLASS. Light passing through it is refracted separating the colour of white light into a spectrum of colours.
    Prism
    30s
  • Q15
    As light passes through droplets of water a display of the spectrum of colours produced.
    Rainbow
    30s

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