Bill Nye Light and Optics

Bill Nye:
SCIENCE
Name: __________________________
Light & Optics
Period # ____ Date: ____/_____/____
A- ______________________________________________
Three things I knew that
B- ______________________________________________
were confirmed in the video:
C- ______________________________________________
Three things I didn’t know
but I now know because I
watched the video:
absorbed! !
bend!!
!
cross!!
!
A- ______________________________________________
B- ______________________________________________
C- ______________________________________________
WORD LIST:
direction! !
infrared! !
focal!!
!
internal! !
information!
laser!!
!
reflection
refraction
visible
1. Light hitting the mirror straight on and bouncing straight off is called ________________.
2. When light is bent or curved as it passes through bent or curved glass =_______________.
3. When light hits something it can be bent, bounce, or be _________________.
4. Light travels in waves. True / False
5. Light changes __________________ when the waves slow down .
6. The kind of light a remote control uses is called ___________________.
7. A(n) ___________________ beam can also be reflected.
8. Concave lenses make things look larger / smaller.
9. You appear upside down in a spoon because the light waves bounce and
then _______________ themselves, making things look upside down.
10. When light hits an object in water it is being refracted / reflected.
11. When water was poured on a penny it reappears because the water made the
made the light_______________.
12. Light enters a curved glass at different angles then come together at the _________ point.
13. ________________ reflection is reflection inside something.
14. Phones and computers change ________________ into a beam of light.
15. _________________ light is light we can see and plants use it for food.
Bill Nye:
SCIENCE
Name: __________________________
Light & Optics
Period # ____ Date: ____/_____/____
WORDLIST
ABSORBED
ANGLE
BEAM
IMAGE
INFORMATION
INFRARED
OPTICAL FIBER
OPTICS
REFLECTION
CONCAVE
CONVEX
DIFFRACTION
FOCAL POINT
INTERNAL REFLECTION
LASER
MAGNIFICATION
REFRACTION
SPECTRUM
VISIBLE LIGHT