Chapter 3 study guide-LIFE
ESSAYS
1. What is the difference between how the eye views a luminous object and how
it views an illuminated object? LOWs2..3.2
2. How does light travel when the medium it travels through changes, and how
does light travel when the medium does not change? LOWs2,3.1,1.1
3. What is white light, and what is one source of white light? LOWs1.3.1
4. What do a convex lens and a concave lens do, and what is the difference
between them? LOWs3.2.2
5. Name one characteristic that a camera, a magnifying glass, and the human eye
have in common.
6. Where might ultraviolet light and infrared waves that harm the body come
from?s3.1.3
7. Provide examples of how light is reflected, absorbed, scattered, and
transmitted by matter. LOWs2.4.2
8. How does a light beam reflects off a mirror. How does a light beam reflects off a wall.
.Vocabulary/MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1. An interaction of light with matter that causes light to change
4.1
2. The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another is
called LOWs3
3. An interaction with matter called occurs when light
waves bounce off an object. LOWs2.1.1
4. How is light best described? LOWs1.1.1
5. According to the ______________, the angle of incidence is equal to
the angle of reflection. LOWs2.2.1
LOWs3.2.1
6. The passing of light or other form of energy through matter is called
.1.1
7. The transfer of light waves to particles of matter is called LO
Ws2.4.1
8. The entire range of electromagnetic waves is called the LOWs1.1.1
9. A transparent object that refracts light to form an image is called a(n)
10. What is made up of wavelengths that humans can see and represents only a small part of the full
electromagnetic spectrum?