Optometric Science Quiz

According to Plato, how did he explain the nature of light and vision?

• Light waves must be electromagnetic in nature

• Light consisted of material particles

• Eyes projected rays of light like a flashlight

• Light was a disturbance in the air

Who was the Greek philosopher that suggested the rectilinear propagation of light rays and the law of reflection?

• Hero

• Ptolemy

• Euclid

• Alhazen

Who was the first to see the scientific importance of the telescope?

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo

• Democritus

• Newton

Who believed in the wave-like nature of light and considered it to propagate as small spherical waves?

• Euler

• Huygens

• Thomas Young

• James Maxwell

Who explained the interference phenomena and accommodation of the eye?

• Ptolemy

• Euclid

• Hero

• Thomas Young

Who suggested that light waves must be electromagnetic in nature?

• Thomas Young

• James Maxwell

• Euclid

• Hero

Who made the bold assumption that light consisted of tiny energy quanta?

• Einstein

• Huygens

• Thomas Young

• Euler

Who found that spectral colors can be extracted from white light?

• Newton

• Democritus

• Grimaldi

• Galileo

Who examined the transmission of light by a small hole and observed the diffraction phenomenon?

• Euler

• Huygens

• Thomas Young

• Grimaldi

Who contributed to the theory of light waves and supported the wave theory of light?

• Huygens

• Euler

• Thomas Young

• James Maxwell