The point of incidence is where an incident ray makes contact with, or hits a material surface.

Incident rays are optical rays that come from a generated source such as an explosion. FALSE

A good, smooth, flat mirror will REFLECT an accurate duplication of an object.

Mirrors refract laser light. – FALSE

What the angle of reflection and the angle of incidence have in common is that they are both measured
using a perpendicular line drawn to the point of incidence. – TRUE

The surface of a mirror must be VERY SMOOTH.

How clean a mirror is should have no affect upon how well it reflects. – false

Household mirrors have a surface roughness less than one fifth of a visible wavelength in height.

A cracked mirror can distort an image's reflection.- TRUE

Which of these devices uses lasers and mirrors? - Bar code scanner

The "angle of incidence" is measured between the incident ray and the material surface it is hitting. –
FALSE

Mirrors used with lasers can be of many shapes.

Refracted rays are rays that have "bounced off" a surface. – true

Mirrors used with lasers must be perfectly flat.- FALSE

Laser light shows do not use mirrors for effect. – false

Reflected rays are rays that have "bounced off" a surface.

A poor-quality mirror will distort your image because it is bent or isn't smooth

The argon laser is used by surveyors to plot land – false

The semiconductor laser is used to manufacture audio compact discs and videodiscs. – true

Which type of laser is commonly used to scan bar codes? Helium-neon laser

Charles Townes developed the maser in 1954.

If you wanted to cut almost any type of metal, which laser would you use? Carbon dioxide laser

Who observed the first laser? Theodore Maiman

Researchers discovered the properties of light during the development of lasers. – false
Light shows use which type of laser? The argon laser

Ali Javan developed a continuous laser beam by mixing helium and neon.

The semiconductor laser is used in semiconductor manufacturing. – false

The semiconductor laser is used in semiconductor manufacturing. – 1960

It took very few years of experimentation to develop a functioning laser. – false

Laser tag is a game in which participants use laser guns to shoot at targets worn by their opponents.

Lasers are created in a special tube that has mirrors at each end.

In a laser tube, atoms become excited and release photon energy as microwaves. – false

Lasers share the same wave and particle properties that are exactly the same to light. – false

Inside a laser tube , atoms are stimulated by an electric current or bright light.

Photons do not carry light energy.- false

A laser tube is filled with something called a medium

In 1961 the first laser was observed by Ali Javan.- false

A laser tube is filled with only a gas that is used to generate the laser beam. – false

Inside a laser tube, as more and more atoms are hit with photons, less light is produced due to the
decreasing number of atoms. – false

Bright light can be used to stimulate atoms into releasing photons in a laser tube.- true

Light acts like both waves and particles.- true

Who developed the continuous laser in 1961? Ali Javan

Albert Einstein proposed the idea of a laser.

Lasers are created in a special tube with lenses at each end.- false

Thomas Edison proposed the idea of a laser.- false