What happens to light when it strikes an object? Notes... · 2014. 1. 14. · –When light shines...
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Light
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Luminous
– When an object gives off its own light
• Examples of luminous objects
– The Sun
– Light bulbs
– Wood burning
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Illuminated – When light shines on an
object and is reflected
• Examples:
– The moon
– Almost everything you can see
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Light
• Travels in a straight line
• Super fast! 300,000 km/s
• Does not need a medium
– Vacuum - no matter – empty space
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What happens to light when it strikes an
object?
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• When light strikes matter 3 things can happen:
1) It can be absorbed
2) It can be reflected
3) It can be refracted
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Absorbed Light
• Light that is taken in by the matter it strikes
• Some objects absorbed light better than others. – Black objects absorb all the light that
strikes them
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Reflected Light
• Bounces off the substances it strikes
• A mirror works by reflection
– Light reflects off it and into your eyes
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Refraction
• When a wave bends as it enters a new medium
– Like light thru glass
• The change in density causes a change in wave speed
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Transmitted Light
• Light that passes through the matter it strikes
• Substances that transmit light are called “transparent” – Window glass
– Water
– Air
• We can see through them clearly
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• We can see through some substances but we cannot make out details or see clearly
• These are called TRANSLUCENT
– Light passes through but also scatters
• wax paper
• Frosted glass
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Opaque Substances
• Substances that do not transmit light
• We cannot see through them at all
– Metal
– Wood