Practice Questions to prepare for quiz Feb 4 & 5

Practice Questions

1. Name the four properties of light

2. Describe the difference between luminous and non-luminous objects. Give two example for each term.

3. Create a table to describe the early light ideas and the scientists that studied light.

4. Draw and label light rays reflected into a plane mirror. Measure the angles.

5. Define transparent, translucent and opaque

6. Describe two main differences between reflecting and refracting telescopes.

Light and Optical Systems

Topic 1 Vocab

Optical device
Microscope
Refracting telescope
Reflecting telescope
Binoculars

Topic 2 Vocab

Intensity
Translucent
Opaque
Non-luminous
Luminous
Regular reflection
Diffuse reflection
Incident rays
Plane mirrors
Angle of incident
Law of reflection
Concave mirror
Convex mirror
Refraction
Lens
Focal length
Angle of reflection