Optical Instruments

What is the main goal of a fiber optic?

• Make a chemical record of the pattern of light onto film.

• make objects really small in size larger/visible

• control the way energized atoms release photons

• transmit light signals over large distances from one point to another.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the main goal of a telescope

• make really small objects larger

• make distant objects visible

• display images onto screens or walls

• generate 3-dimensional images of light

What is the main goal of a hologram

• generate a 3-dimensional image of light

• display images onto screens or walls

• make a chemical record of the pattern of light onto film

• control the way energized atoms release photons

What is the main goal of an LCD projector?

• display images onto screens or walls

• control the way energized atoms release photons.

• make very distant objects visible

• make a chemical record of the pattern of light onto film.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the main goal of a microscope?

• Make a chemical record of the pattern of light onto film.

• generate a 3-dimensional image of light

• make distant objects visible

• make very small objects larger/visible

What is the main goal of a camera?

• make a chemical record of the pattern of light onto film

• display images onto screens or walls

• control the way energized atoms release photons

• generate 3-D images of light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the main goal of a laser?

• transmit light signals over large distances from one point to another

• display images onto screens or walls

• control the way energized atoms release photons.

• make distant objects visible

What are the main parts of fiber optics?

• cladding, core and a buffer coating

• a laser, shutter, beam splitter, lenses mirrors and film.

• Lens, film, body

• a flash tube, two mirrors and atoms

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What are the main parts of telescopes?

• cladding, core and buffer coating

• ocular lens, focus, objective lens, stage, light bulb

• objective lens, eyepiece, aperture

• lens, dichroic prism, screen, colored light, regular mirror, dichroic mirror, light source

What are the main parts of holograms?

• a laser, shutter, beam splitter, lenses, mirrors and film

• lens, film, body

• lens, dichroic prism, screen, colored light, regular mirror and dichroic mirror, light source (white light)

• Objective lens (can be either mirrors or glass), eyepiece, aperture, pupil

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5