Light & Shadow Vocabulary Quiz

What is the primary function of a reflector?

To reflect light (correct)

To concentrate light

To transmit light

To absorb light

What is the role of the tapetum lucidum in the eye?

To refract light within the eye

To focus light onto the retina

To absorb excess light

To retroreflect light (correct)

What is the distinguishing feature of transmitted light?

It is absorbed by objects

It scatters in all directions

It reflects off a surface

It passes through objects (correct)

How are secondary colors produced?

By mixing multiple primary colors Signup and view all the answers

In a microscope, which lens is closest to the observing eye?

Ocular lens Signup and view all the answers

Where can living natural light be found?

In bioluminescent organisms Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for when light bends as it moves through one kind of matter to another?

Refraction Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a substance that allows most of the light to pass through it?

Transparent Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the light energy that humans can see?

Visible Spectrum Signup and view all the answers

What is a laser?

A beam of very concentrated light emitting radiation Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a curved lens like the inside of a sphere?

Concave Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a substance that allows some light to pass through it, but not all?

Translucent Signup and view all the answers

Light & Shadow Vocabulary Quiz

Questions and Answers

What is the primary function of a reflector?

What is the role of the tapetum lucidum in the eye?

What is the distinguishing feature of transmitted light?

How are secondary colors produced?

In a microscope, which lens is closest to the observing eye?

Where can living natural light be found?

What is the term for when light bends as it moves through one kind of matter to another?

What is the term for a substance that allows most of the light to pass through it?

What is the term for the light energy that humans can see?

What is a laser?

What is the term for a curved lens like the inside of a sphere?

What is the term for a substance that allows some light to pass through it, but not all?

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