Sci. 8- Light & Optics: Section 1 Quiz

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Using your study notes and textbook, complete the following quiz for Section 1.0 of our Light & Optics Unit.

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Aristotle’s plan to sink the enemy warships demonstrated his understanding of this principle of light ...

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Pythagoras’ thoughts about light were proven wrong because it was impossible to see ...

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When light is shone into a mirror, the angle of the incoming beam is equal to the angle of the outgoing
beam. This understanding of light was suggested by ...

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Sir Isaac Newton is well known for many things. One thing that he showed was that white light is actually a mixture of different colors. He was able to demonstrate this by shining a light through ...

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Albert A Michelson was able to accurately measure the speed of light by using mirrors on a mountain
top. This was a refined measurement of the work of ...

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Any technology that uses light is called ...

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek used a simple microscope and discovered, what he called ...

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Microbiology - the study of micro-organisms, began with the invention of these ...

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In 1608 Hans Lippershey manufactured the very first telescope. This scientist used this discovery of
the telescope to discover mountains and craters on the Moon, small objects circling Jupiter, and Venus
had phases – just like the Moon. This scientist was...

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The type of telescope that collects light from distant objects and focuses it in the eyepiece is called ...

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Binoculars are optical devices and are built using two of these types of prisms ...

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The properties of light include all of the following EXCEPT ...

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Label the part that the arrow points to, using either, 1. Eyepiece Lens, or 2. Objective Lens, or 3. Reflective Prisms as your answer.

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Label the part that the arrow points to, using either, 1. Eyepiece Lens, or 2. Objective Lens, or 3. Reflective Prisms as your answer.

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Label the part that the arrow points to, using either, 1. Eyepiece Lens, or 2. Objective Lens, or 3. Reflective Prisms as your answer.

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Label the part that the arrow points to, using either, 1. Eyepiece Lens, or 2. Objective Lens, or 3. Reflective Prisms as your answer.

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Label the part that the arrow points to, using either, 1. Eyepiece Lens, or 2. Objective Lens, or 3. Reflective Prisms as your answer.