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What did Archimedes develop to potentially burn enemy ships?
What did Archimedes develop to potentially burn enemy ships?
Archimedes developed a plan to reflect light to burn enemy ships.
Who believed that light beams came from a person's eyes in straight lines?
Who believed that light beams came from a person's eyes in straight lines?
Pythagoras believed that light beams came from a person's eyes in straight lines.
What did Euclid write a book about?
What did Euclid write a book about?
Euclid wrote a book called Optiks about the geometry of light and seeing.
Who described that light beams bend when they go from air to glass?
Who described that light beams bend when they go from air to glass?
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Who was the first to accurately describe how vision worked and that light bounces off objects then travels to the eye?
Who was the first to accurately describe how vision worked and that light bounces off objects then travels to the eye?
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What did Sir Isaac Newton discover when light passes through a prism?
What did Sir Isaac Newton discover when light passes through a prism?
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Who was able to determine the speed of light by examining the moon IO as it revolved around Jupiter?
Who was able to determine the speed of light by examining the moon IO as it revolved around Jupiter?
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What is a light-year and how is it defined?
What is a light-year and how is it defined?
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What are some examples of optical devices that use light?
What are some examples of optical devices that use light?
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Who is credited with creating the world's first eyeglasses to correct vision?
Who is credited with creating the world's first eyeglasses to correct vision?
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Ole Roemer was able to determine the speed of ______ by examining the moon IO as it revolved around Jupiter. He determined it to be 227,000 km/s. Lower than the actual of 300,000 km/s. ALBERT A. MICHELSON Albert Michelson used a three-sided mirror, ______ source and an observer to calculate the speed of ______. By spinning the mirror and using mathematics he was able to determine the speed of ______ to be 299,798 km/s. He presumably did this between hilltops spread great distances. Light Year A ______-year is a unit of distance, not time. A ______-year is how astronomer measure distance in space.
Ole Roemer was able to determine the speed of ______ by examining the moon IO as it revolved around Jupiter. He determined it to be 227,000 km/s. Lower than the actual of 300,000 km/s. ALBERT A. MICHELSON Albert Michelson used a three-sided mirror, ______ source and an observer to calculate the speed of ______. By spinning the mirror and using mathematics he was able to determine the speed of ______ to be 299,798 km/s. He presumably did this between hilltops spread great distances. Light Year A ______-year is a unit of distance, not time. A ______-year is how astronomer measure distance in space.
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Archimedes developed a plan to reflect light to burn enemy ships. However, this has neither been proven or disproved. Recent experiments have shown that if it is true, the worst an enemy ship would receive is a small ______.
Archimedes developed a plan to reflect light to burn enemy ships. However, this has neither been proven or disproved. Recent experiments have shown that if it is true, the worst an enemy ship would receive is a small ______.
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Pythagoras believed beams came from a person’s eyes in straight lines. When they hit the object, that object was seen. Problem: that would make the assumption you would be able to see objects in the ______.
Pythagoras believed beams came from a person’s eyes in straight lines. When they hit the object, that object was seen. Problem: that would make the assumption you would be able to see objects in the ______.
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Euclid wrote a book called Optiks about the geometry of light and seeing. Euclid used his observations of light in the world around him to make some predictions about light rays: - Light rays are straight lines. - You see an object in a particular direction because light rays come from that ______.
Euclid wrote a book called Optiks about the geometry of light and seeing. Euclid used his observations of light in the world around him to make some predictions about light rays: - Light rays are straight lines. - You see an object in a particular direction because light rays come from that ______.
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Ptolemy - astronomer who described that light beams bend when they go from air to glass. Today we refer to this as ______.
Ptolemy - astronomer who described that light beams bend when they go from air to glass. Today we refer to this as ______.
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Al-Haytham was the first to accurately describe how vision worked and that light bounces off objects then travels to the eye - thus Pythagoras’ theory was ______.
Al-Haytham was the first to accurately describe how vision worked and that light bounces off objects then travels to the eye - thus Pythagoras’ theory was ______.
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