Light Vocabulary

The transfer of light energy into an object is

(a)  

The small area where the optic nerve passes through the surface of the retina is called the

(a)  

A property of visible light that depends on its frequency is

(a)  

A type of lens that causes light rays to diverge and produce smaller images is

• converge

• concave

• convex

• diverge

A type of lens that causes light rays to converge and can produce either bigger or smaller images

• converge

• concave

• convex

• diverge

Light rays coming closer together

• converge

• concave

• convex

• diverge

Light rays getting further apart

• converge

• concave

• convex

• diverge

The transparent layer forming the front of the eye

(a)  

The distance between the center of a lens and its focal point is the

(a)  

A place where light rays either converge to or diverge from is the

(a)