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Universal Science Jeopardy Battle!. Question 1 - 10. A single light ray travels in a ___________ line. Answer 1 – 10. Straight line ! (It also moves in waves; you’ll learn more about that in Chemistry and Physics class) later). Question 1 - 20.
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Question 1 - 10 • A single light ray travels in a ___________ line.
Answer 1 – 10 • Straight line! • (It also moves in waves; you’ll learn more about that in Chemistry and Physics class) later)
Question 1 - 20 • Light enters this glass block (a prism) and changes direction before exiting the other side. This is an example of …..
Answer 1 – 20 • Refraction!
Question 1 - 30 • Light is a form of radiant energy, like X-Rays, Microwaves, UV light, or infra-red light. • _______________ light is the light that we can see!
Answer 1 – 30 • Visible light (white light is a good guess.) • Bonus (10 points): • What are the colours that make up white light? • Red Orange Yellow Green Indigo Blue VioletR.O.Y.G.B.I.V.!
Question 1 - 40 • Light bounces off the inside surface of water. This is an example of __________ reflection.
Answer 1 – 40 • Internal reflection!
Question 1 - 50 • How fast does light travel?
Answer 1 – 50 • 300,000km / second!
Question 2 - 10 This is a ______________ lens.
Answer 2 – 10 • Concave!
Question 2 - 20 This is a _________ lens.
Answer 2 – 20 Convex
Question 2 - 30 Light that enters a convex lens moves towards a __________ point, where all the light rays come together!
Answer 2 – 30 • Focal point.
Question 2 - 40 This type of lens is used in magnifying glasses, microscopes, and our eyeballs!
Answer 2 – 40 • Convex lenses.
Question 2 - 50 In a concave mirror, why does the image appear to be upside-down? (Draw a diagram on the board!)
Answer 2 – 50 • Light that hits the top of the mirror is reflected onto the bottom of the mirror, then into your eye. • Light that hits the bottom of the mirror reflects UP, then back out towards your eye… so everything
Question 3 - 10 The __________ _______ connects your eyes to your brain.
Answer 3 – 10 The opticnerveconnects your eyes to your brain.
Question 3 - 20 The colourful part of your eye is called the ______.
Answer 3 – 20 The colourful part of your eye is called the iris.
Question 3 - 30 • When it’s light or dark outside, your iris can change it’s size, allowing more or less light into the ________. • Clue: • The black part at the center of your eye. • Same word to describe students in a classroom.
Answer 3 – 30 Pupil!
Question 3 - 40 • The focal point of light that enters your eye must perfectly hit the _________ at the back of the eye.
Answer 3 – 40 Retina. Bonus: 20 points… Images that hit your retina are ________ - ______; your brain must flip them right-side up. Upside-down!
Question 3 - 50 BONUS SQUARE!! What colour is Mr. Mitchell’s Iris??
Answer 3 – 50 • Green!
Question 4 - 10 Red paint (pigments) reflects _________ light. A blue ball reflects _______ light.
Answer 4 – 10 • Red paint reflects RED light! That’s what we see! • Blue things reflect BLUE light, which is what goes into our eyes, and why we see it as blue!
Question 4 - 20 Orange paint reflects ORANGE light. What colours does it ABSORB??!
Answer 4 – 20 • Red, (not orange) yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet!
Question 4 - 30 • What colours does my white shirt light reflect?
Answer 4 – 30 • White objects reflect ALL colours. • Depending who you ask, white technically isn’t a colour…
Question 4 - 40 What colours of light do BLACK objects reflect?
Answer 4 – 40 TRICK QUESTION! Black objects ABSORB ALL the colours, and reflect nothing. That’s why black clothes are bad to wear on a hot day.
Question 4 - 50 • When you mix red, green and blue LIGHT (e.x. from glowsticks) what colour light do you get?
Answer 4 – 50 • Answer: video! • C:\Users\TacoTime\Desktop\Mixing Light - Science Theater 01.mp4 • WHITE LIGHT!
Question 5 - 10 Are these lines straight or bent?
Answer 5 – 10 They’re straight! It’s an optical illusion! BONUS: EXPLAIN! (20 POINTS) We see with our BRAIN as much as we see with our eyes. The staggered position of the squares makes the lines look like they’re bent.
Question 5 - 20 Are squares A and B the same colour, or different? EXPLAIN!
Answer 5 – 20 • They’re the SAME colour! The darker / lighter squares that surround them change how our brain sees them, and they seem to be darker or lighter than they really are.
Question 5 - 30 • Lasers are machines that ________________ light and FOCUS it into a single powerful beam.
Answer 5 – 30 • AMPLIFY! Lasers amplify light, making it more powerful. They FOCUS all the energy into a single beam that travels in ONE DIRECTION, instead of spreading out like light normally does.
Question 5 - 40 When you plug in your toaster, or turn on a light-bulb / flashlight, what two things are produced?
Answer 5 – 40 • LIGHT and HEAT! Light is energy that we can see. Heat is energy too, but we can’t see it.