Questions from Bill Nye Light Optics Video

1. Light can ____________________ , light can be _______________ and light can be _______________.
2. Eye glasses and microscopes work because of __________________________.
3. Scientists like to think that light travels in ___________________________
4. What kind of light does your remote control for your television use? ________________
5. The way a mirror is curved affects the way it _______________ light

6. Draw a diagram of a concave mirror. 7. Draw a convex mirror.

7. Things looks ____________ in a concave mirror. 8. Things look ___________ in a convex mirror

9. What shape is your eye? ____________________

10. What medical procedure uses fiber optics? _________________________________
11. What is Internal Reflection?

Try the following quiz that is based on information presented in the video.

1. We see objects because light is reflected from them. T/F

2. When light bounces straight off a surface, we say that it is refracted. T/F
3. When light is bent, it changes direction. T/F
4. Light travels in waves.T / F
5. When light waves slow down they change direction. T/F
6. Convex lenses make things look smaller and farther away. T / F
7. Mirror images are formed by light from the object’s right side reflecting from the right side of the
mirror and light from the object’s left side reflecting from the left side of the mirror. T/F

8. Which of the following is NOT a true statement regarding light? Light can be...
a. Absorbed b. abstracted c. bent d. reflected
9. Which of the following refract light?
a. Eye glasses b. Microscopes c. Telescopes d. All of the above
KEY!!! Questions from Bill Nye Light Optics Video with Pause Times

1. Light can __Bounce off of thing __ , light can be __bent___ and light can be __absorbed____. (Right
after Intro)
2. Eye glasses and microscopes work because of ____refraction______________________. (2:40)
3. Scientists like to think that light travels in ______waves________________ (6:00)
4. What kind of light does your remote control for your television use? ___infrared light_____________
(6:35)
5. The way a mirror is curved affects the way it ___bends____________ light (8:30)
6. Draw a diagram of a concave mirror. (8:45-9:30) 7. Draw a convex mirror.

7. Things looks __smaller__________ in a concave mirror. 8. Things look ___bigger________ in a

convex mirror
8. What shape is your eye? ___Convex_________________
9. Why do you look upside down when looking inside a spoon? The light waves bounce, and cross
themselves making you look upside down (10:45-11:00)
10. Why can’t Bill Nye Pick up the can? The light is bending when it enters the water (11:30-12:00)
11. What medical procedure uses fiber optics? Surgery (17:00)
12. What is Internal Reflection? Where water can reflect light underneath the surface (18:00)

Try the following quiz that is based on information presented in the video.

1. We see objects because light is reflected from them. T/F

2. When light bounces straight off a surface, we say that it is refracted. T/F
3. When light is bent, it changes direction. T/F
4. Light travels in waves.T / F
5. When light waves slow down they change direction. T/F
6. Convex lenses make things look smaller and farther away. T / F
7. Mirror images are formed by light from the object’s right side reflecting from the right side of the
mirror and light from the object’s left side reflecting from the left side of the mirror. T/F

8. Which of the following is NOT a true statement regarding light? Light can be...
a. Absorbed b. abstracted c. bent d. reflected
9. Which of the following refract light?
a. Eye glasses b. Microscopes c. Telescopes d. All of the above