SCIENCE WEEK 5 - USES OF MIRROR AND LENSES IN OPTICAL DEVICES

Question 1

evolves from a latin word/term (camera obscura) meaning dark chamber

Answer 1

Camera

Question 2

produces virtual, upright, and enlarge image of an object

Answer 2

Magnifying Glass

Question 3

makes small objects bigger and is invented by father and son team of Hans and Zacharias Janssen in 1950

Answer 3

Compound Microscope

Question 4

use to differentiate cellular structures and introduced by
Camillo Sebastian Nachet

Answer 4

Polarizing Microscope

Question 5

used to study cellular compounds like proteins and nucleic acids

Answer 5

Ultraviolet Microscope

Question 6

uses electron beam instead of ordinary light and to examine size, shape, and arrangement

Answer 6

Electron Microscope

Question 7

makes distant object appear bigger

Answer 7

Telescope

Question 8

first type of telescope and uses refract lens

Answer 8

Refracting Telescope

Question 9

uses concave mirrors

Answer 9

Reflecting Telescope

Question 10

general properties of telescopes

Answer 10

1) How well it collects light
2) How much it magnifies

Question 11

used to gather light

Answer 11

Aperture

Question 12

to enlarge image

Answer 12

Magnification

Question 13

– two refracting telescope mounted side by side
– pair prism
– “zoom lens” essentially a telescope mounted on camera

Answer 13

Binocular Telescope