Transcript Chapter 23

Chapter 23
Properties of Light
Section 1: Objectives
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Use ray diagrams to show how light is
reflected or refracted.
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Compare plane mirrors, concave
mirrors, and convex mirrors.
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Use ray diagrams to show how mirrors
form images.
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Describe the images formed by
concave and convex
Mirrors and Lenses
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Because light waves travel in straight
lines, you can use an arrow called a
ray to show the path and the direction
of a light wave.
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Rays help to show the path of a light
wave after it bounces or bends.
Mirrors and Lenses
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A plane mirror is a mirror that has a flat
surface.
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The reflection of an object in a plane
mirror is right side up and the same size
as the object, but reversed left to right.
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Plane mirrors form virtual images. A
virtual image is an image through which
light does not travel
Mirrors and Lenses: Figure 1
Mirrors and Lenses
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A concave mirror is a mirror that is
curved inward.
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The image formed by a concave
mirror depends on the optical axis,
focal point, and focal length of the
mirror.
Mirrors and Lenses: Figure 2
Mirrors and Lenses
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Draw a ray diagram to determine if a
concave mirror will form a virtual
image like a plane mirror, or a real
image.
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A real image is an image through
which light passes.
Mirrors and Lenses: Figure 3
Mirrors and Lenses
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A convex mirror is a mirror that
curves outward.
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The image formed by a convex mirror
is always virtual, right side up, and
smaller than the original object.
Mirrors and Lenses: Figure 4
Mirrors and Lenses
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A lens is a transparent object that
forms an image by refracting, or
bending, light.
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Two kinds of lenses are convex and
concave.
Mirrors and Lenses: Figure 5
Mirrors and Lenses: Figure 6
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A convex lens is thicker in the middle
than at the edges.
Mirrors and Lenses: Figure 7
A concave lens is
thinner in the
middle than
at the edges.
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Chapter 23 Section 1 Recap
1) Why are rays useful when studying light
waves?
 2) What type of images do plane mirrors
form?
 3)What is the difference between a
virtual and a real image?
 4) From Figure 1, why does your image
appear to be behind the mirror?
 5) List 3 things an image formed by a
concave mirror depends on.
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Chapter 23 Section 1 Recap
6) What type of mirror is depicted in
Figure 3?
 7) List 3 characteristics of an image
formed by a convex mirror.
 8) List 2 types of lenses.
 9) From Figure 4, when light passes
through a concave and convex lens,
describe what happens to the rays.
 10) Compare and contrast a concave and
convex lens.
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Section 2: Objectives
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Identify the parts of the human eye,
and describe their functions.
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Describe three common vision
problems.
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Describe surgical eye correction.
Detecting Light
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Your eye gathers visible light to form the
images that you see.
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The thickness of the lens of the eye
changes so that objects at different
distances can be seen in focus.
• The light that forms a real image on the retina
is detected by receptors called rods and
cones.
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The next slide explains how your eyes
work.
Detecting Light: Figure 1
Detecting Light
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Nearsightedness happens when a
person’s eye is too long. A nearsighted
person can see something clearly only if
it is nearby.
• Faraway objects look blurry.
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Farsightedness happens when a
person’s eye is too short. A farsighted
person can see faraway objects clearly.
But things that are nearby look blurry.
Detecting Light: Figure 2
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The images below explain how
nearsightedness and farsightedness
can be corrected with glasses.
Detecting Light
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Color Deficiency is another name for
colorblindness.
The majority of people who have color
deficiency can’t tell the difference
between shades of red and green or
can’t tell red from green.
Color deficiency happens when the
cones in the retina do not work properly.
• Color deficiency cannot be corrected.
Detecting Light
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Surgical eye correction works by
reshaping the patient’s cornea by using a
laser.
• Patients often gain perfect or nearly perfect
vision after surgery.
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Some patients report glares, double
vision, or trouble seeing at night.
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People under 20 years old should not
have surgical eye correction because
their vision is still changing.
Chapter 23 Section 2 Recap
1) From Figure 1, what is the cornea?
 2) From Figure 1, what is the iris?
 3) From Figure 1, what is the function of
the lens?
 4) From Figure 1, what is the retina?
 5) From Figure 1, what is the function of
rods and cones?
 6) What is the major difference between a
nearsighted and farsighted person?
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Section 3: Objectives
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Describe three optical instruments.
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Explain what laser light is, and identify uses
for lasers.
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Describe how optical fibers work.
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Explain polarized light.
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Explain how radio waves and microwaves
are used in four types of communication
technology.
Optical Instruments
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Optical instruments are devices that use
mirrors and lenses to help people make
observations.
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Cameras A camera is used to record
images.
• All cameras have a lens, shutter, and an
aperture.
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A 35 mm camera records images on film.
• A digital camera uses light sensors to record
images and to send electric signals to a
computer.
Optical Instruments: Figure 1
Optical Instruments
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Telescopes are used to see detailed
images of large, distant objects.
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Refracting telescopes use lenses to
collect light.
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Reflecting telescopes use mirrors to
collect light.
Optical Instruments: Figure 2
Optical Instruments
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Microscopes are used to study tiny,
nearby objects.
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Microscopes have two convex lenses.
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An objective lens is close to the object
being studied.
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An eyepiece lens is in the lens you look
through.
Optical Instruments
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A laser is a device that produces intense
light of only one wavelength and color.
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The word laser stands for light
amplification by stimulated emission of
radiation.
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Amplification is the increase in the
brightness of the light.
• Radiation is energy transferred as
electromagnetic waves.
Optical Instruments: Figure 3
Optical Instruments: Figure 4
Optical Instruments
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Lasers are used to make holograms.
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A hologram is a piece of film that produces a
three-dimensional image of an object.
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Lasers have many other applications.
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They are used to cut materials such as metal
and cloth.
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Doctors sometimes use lasers for surgery.
CD players use lasers to read CDs.
Optical Instruments
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An optical fiber is a thin, glass wire
that transmits light over long
distances.
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Optical fibers are used to transmit
information through telephone cables
and network computers.
• Doctors use optical fibers to see inside
patients’ bodies.
Optical Instruments
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Optical fibers are like pipes that carry
light.
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Light stays inside an optical fiber
because of total internal reflection, the
complete reflection of light light along
the surface of the material.
Optical Instruments: Figure 5
Optical Instruments
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Polarized light consists of light waves
that vibrate in only one plane.
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Some sunglasses and camera lenses
use polarized filters to reduce glare.
Optical Instruments: Figure 6
Optical Instruments
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Light waves, radio waves, and
microwaves are all types of
electromagnetic waves.
• Cordless telephones and cellular telephones
use radio waves and microwaves to send
signals.
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The base of a cordless telephone
changes the signal it receives into radio
waves.
• The handset changes the radio waves into
sound.
Optical Instruments
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Cellular telephones send and receives
signals from distant towers.
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Instead of using radio waves like
cordless phones, cellular phones use
microwaves to send information.
Optical Instruments
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Microwave signals are broadcast from space
to satellite dishes on Earth.
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Satellites allow more people to receive the
signals and to receive higher quality signals
than if antennas on Earth were used.
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The Global Positioning System The GPS
is a network of 27 satellites that orbit Earth.
• A GPS receiver receives signals from at least
four satellites to find its exact location.
Optical Instruments: Figure 7
Chapter 23 Section 3 Recap
1) List 3 things that all cameras have.
 2) How does a 35 mm camera record
images?
 3) From Figure 1, what is the function of
the shutter?
 4) From Figure 1, what is the function of
the lens?
 5) From Figure 1, what is the function of
the aperture?
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Chapter 23 Section 3 Recap
6) What is the difference between
refracting and reflecting telescopes?
 7) From Figure 2, how many convex
lenses does a refracting telescope have?
 8) How many convex lenses do
microscopes have?
 9)What is amplification?
 10) What is radiation?
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Chapter 23 Section 3 Recap
11) From Figure 3, what is the major
difference between laser light and nonlaser light?
 12) What is a hologram?
 13) T/F Cellular phones do not send and
receive signals from distant towers.
 14) From Figure 7, how many times do
GPS satellites orbit Earth/
 15) From Figure 7, how many satellites do
GPS receive signals from at one time?
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