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LIGHT STUDY GUIDE Use this and your notes to help you study for your test. Converging Lens People who are NEARSIGHTED People who are FARSIGHTED have have DIVERGING lenses on their CONVERGING lenses on their glasses. glasses. ‘These lenses are CONCAVE ‘These lenses are CONVEX Light is a form of energy that travels in a STRAIGHT path in waves and reflects or refracts; it also can give off heat energy Light energy is made up of different wavelengths. These wavelengths are called the ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM Transparent = ALL light through Translucent = SOME light through Opaque = No light through Visible wh ight is made up of the “RAINBOW” colors (ROY G. BIV) Black = absence of light White = combination of all colors of light Refraction = When light bends Reflection = When light bounces Light waves travel FASTER than sound waves PRIMARY COLORS OF LIGHT S{GESSnRRGE! Bioluminescene= When an animal makes its own light(Like, a FIRE FLY You see differences in COLORS when your eyes and brain respond to different wavelengths of light. MICROSCOPE = used to magnify TELESCOPE = used to see things far away Cones = Receptor cells that detect COLOR and DETAIL Rods = Receptor cells that detect BLACK and WHITE When you look at an image it is UPSIDE DOWN on your RETINA HOW WE SEE 1) Light REFLECTS off an object 2) Light passes through the CORNEA 3) Light reaches the lens 4) The lens changes shape and makes an upside down image on the retina in each eye. 5) The cones and rods make chemicals. 6) The chemicals make electrical signals that can be carried by nerve cells. 7) The optic nerve carries the message to the brain. 8) The brain turns the image right side up and interprets the message from the eves.

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