Lenses
• Light is another type of wave that
carries energy.
• A light ray is a narrow beam of
light that travels in a straight line.
• Light is an electromagnetic wave
and doesn’t need a medium in
which to travel.
Opaque, Translucent and
Transparent Materials
• Materials that let no light through
them are called opaque.
• Materials that let some light
through but scatter it so the image
isn’t clear are called translucent.
• Materials that let almost all light
through them are called
transparent.
Color
• When light hits opaque objects,
some light is absorbed the rest is
reflected. We see the reflected light
as the color of the object.
• If an object reflects the red
wavelengths of light, it looks red. If
it reflects the green wavelengths it
looks green.
Primary Colors of Light
• Light of almost any
color can be made by
mixing different
amounts of red,
green, and blue light.
• Red, green, and blue
are known as the
primary colors of
light.
Primary Pigment Colors
• The color of the pigment you see is
the color of the light waves that are
reflected from it. The primary
pigment colors are yellow, magenta,
and cyan. You can make almost any
color by mixing different amounts of
these primary pigment colors.
Law of Reflection
• A compound
microscope uses
two convex lenses to
magnify objects by
as much as 2,500
times.
Using Mirrors and lenses
• The simplest
refracting
telescopes use
two convex
lenses to form
an image of a
distant object.
Using Mirrors and Lenses
• Reflecting
telescopes have a
concave mirror
instead of a convex
objective lens to
gather the light from
distant objects.