This week, consider the following terms: Converging lens, Critical angle, Diverging lens, Fiber optics, Focal length, Focal point, Index of refraction, Optics, Rainbow, Ray, Refraction. Choose at least 2 terms from the list and answer the following questions for each term:
1. What familiarity and prior knowledge do you have about the term? What does the term mean in everyday language to everyday people? Use examples to help describe your thoughts. How do people use the word?
2. What does the term mean in technical language to physicists? How is the term related to the course student learning outcome: Define and use the electromagnetic spectrum to explain natural phenomena?
3. What are the similarities and differences between the everyday and technical meanings and uses of the term? How might the similarities and differences impact your learning of physics concepts in this course?