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    The document discusses the properties and behavior of light including how it moves, scatters, reflects, refracts, is absorbed, and transmitted. It defines key terms like reflection, refraction, absorption, transmission, transparent, translucent, and opaque and provides examples of each.

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    The document discusses the properties and behavior of light including how it moves, scatters, reflects, refracts, is absorbed, and transmitted. It defines key terms like reflection, refraction, absorption, transmission, transparent, translucent, and opaque and provides examples of each.

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    WHAT IS LIGHT?

    Light is a form of energy!

    Energy-the ability to make something move, happen, or change.


    HOW LIGHT MOVES

    Light travels away from the


    light source.
    Light travels in a straight
    Line unless altered by what
    it is moving through.
    LIGHT SCATTERS
    Light is released and spreads in
    all directions.
    Light looses energy the further
    away it moves from its source.
    When Light Strikes an Object
    The light can be:

    Reflected
    Refracted
    Absorbed
    Transmitted
    REFLECTION
    When light is reflected, it bounces back from
    a surface.
    Reflection allows objects to be seen that do
    not produce their own light. For example, a
    mirror or a pool of water, it is reflected so
    that a reflection can be seen that looks very
    similar to the object seen with light reflected
    directly from it.
    REFLECTION
    Light bounces off surface at
    same angle it hits.
    REFRACTION
    When light is
    refracted it passes
    from one type of
    transparent
    material to another,
    and changes
    direction.
    REFRACTION
    • When a straw is viewed in water,
    light passes from the water to the
    air causing the path of the light to
    bend. When the light bends, the
    straw appears distorted (bent or
    broken)
    ABSORPTION
    • When light is absorbed it does not
    pass through or reflect from a
    material. It remains in the material
    as another form of energy.

    • Light Absorption video


    TRANSMISSION

    • light going through an object (the object is


    called the medium).
    TRANSMISSION:
    Terms for mediums
    • Transparent- allows all light
    through.
    • Translucent- allows some light
    through.
    • Opaque- allows no light
    through.
    Transparent
    • A transparent material allows light to
    pass through it because it is not
    absorbed or reflected.
    • Objects can be seen clearly when
    viewed through transparent materials.
    • Air, glass, and water are examples of
    materials that are transparent.
    Translucent
    • A translucent material scatters or absorbs
    some of the light that strikes it and allows
    some of the light to pass through it.
    • Objects appear as blurry shapes when
    viewed through translucent materials.
    • Waxed paper and frosted glass are
    examples of materials that are translucent.
    Opaque
    • An opaque material does not allow light
    to pass through, light is either reflected
    from or absorbed by an opaque
    material.

    • Wood, metals, and thick paper are


    examples of materials that are opaque.
    • EXAMPLES:
    CLEAR=TRANSPARENT
    SMOKY=TRANSLUCENT
    SOLID=OPAQUE
    TRANSMISSION:
    Terms for mediums
    REVIEW
    Light with Matter
    light bouncing off REFLECTION

    light bending REFRACTION

    light absorbed ABSORPTION

    light going through TRANSMISSION

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