Light and Optics

which type of lens

• concave

• convex

• opaque

• plano

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The sun and a light bulb both produce light theough

• bioluminescence

• incandescence

• luminescence

• polarization

Lasers do work similar to that of human vision when they are used to 

• perform surgery

• send phone signals over optical cable

• scan bar codes at the grocery store

• change the shape of molecules

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Opaque means...

• No light passes through it

• All light passes through it

• Some light passes through it

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Allows light to pass through but the light is scattered so that whatever is behind it cannot be clearly seen.

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

• None of the above

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To bounce back

• Transmit

• Absorb

• Reflect

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Which technology CAPTURES and MAGNIFIES light?

• Telescope

• Microscope

• Camera

• All of them

An object that does not allow light to pass through it is __________.

• translucent

• transparent

• opaque

• refractive

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Visible light can be separated into different colors by using a __________.

• tennis ball

• prism

• mirage

• brick

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Almost all of the light passes through a(n) __________ material.

• translucent

• transparent

• opaque

• refractive

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