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Light : What is Light?

 Light carries energy


and travels as a wave.

 Light travels at
300 000 000 m/s or
300 000 km/s (much
faster than sound).

 Light waves travel in


straight lines.
Light : What materials will light travel
through?

 Hold different materials between the lamp


and the screen. Use the results table and
shading chart on the next slide to estimate the
opacity of different materials.
What materials let light through?

Material Opacity [%] Shading chart.


Tracing paper
100%
1 ply tissue 2.5 %
2 ply tissue 75 % 5%
Smoked glass 50 %
10 %
Glass
30 %
Perspex 15 %
Wood 25 %
20 %
0%
Opaque objects do not allow light to pass through
them - transparent ones do. Translucent materials only
let through part of the light.
How does light travel?

1) Fill a clear glass trough or empty fish tank with


smoke.
2) Shine rays of light through the tank and
describe what you see.
 LIGHT WAVES TRAVEL IN STRAIGHT LINES.
Seeing objects

How do we see an object?


The light from the object enters our eye.

Do we see all objects in the same way?


There are two ways we see objects…..
• We see some objects by reflected light.
• We see other objects because they are light sources.
Light sources

How do light rays from a light bulb and


other light sources reach our eye?

They travel in a
straight line directly
into our eye.
Reflected light

How do light rays from a book and other such


(non-luminous) objects reach our eye?

Light from the lamp or


another light source
strikes the book and
some of the light is
reflected into our eye.
Reflection : Good or Poor?

 Objects which reflect  Objects which do not


light well have smooth, shiny reflect light well have
surfaces and are usually rough, matt surfaces
pale colours. and are usually dark
colours.
 They give clear images
because they reflect  They give no or diffuse
the light regularly. images because they
reflect the light
 Mirrors are excellent
irregularly.
reflectors.
Reflection : Good or Poor?
Best
Yellow Reflectors
R ed Tar m
s ac
R os e Ba n a n a R o ad

Bl
Whit ue
e Poli Ca
Pape ne
r sh e
Blac d
r Tanger i
Sh o k
es
Gr ee
il rk n
Al fo e B a L ea f
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Worst
Reflectors
Arrange these items along the arrow:

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