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Understanding Light: Travel and Interaction

The document explains the properties and behavior of light, including how it travels in straight lines and interacts with various materials. It describes how we perceive light, the difference between luminous and non-luminous objects, and how our eyes adjust to dim lighting. Additionally, it covers the concepts of reflection, transmission, and absorption of light by different materials.

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Understanding Light: Travel and Interaction

The document explains the properties and behavior of light, including how it travels in straight lines and interacts with various materials. It describes how we perceive light, the difference between luminous and non-luminous objects, and how our eyes adjust to dim lighting. Additionally, it covers the concepts of reflection, transmission, and absorption of light by different materials.

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LIGHT

Learning Objectives
▪ Describe how light travels
• Explain how we see things
• Describe how light interacts with objects
LIGHT

Light is a way of
_____________________________.
Light sources are
______________________________.Light can
travel through __________________________.
Unlike sound, light does not need
________________________ to travel. Sunlight
is __________________ by sun.
LIGHT

Infrared radiation , sometimes called heat or


____________________ by which energy
reaches human from Sun.
HOW DO WE SEE LIGHT?

Sun is luminous. It emits light. Objects

don’t give out light are _____________


DID YOU
KNOW?

You'd need
3,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
candles to have the same brightness as the Sun!

That's 3.8 Octillion candles!


HOW DO WE SEE
IN DIM LIGHT?

A dimly lit room still has a little bit of light.

Your pupil widens to allow as much light as possible into your


eye. This allows you to see something even in dim light.

Details are difficult to see in a dimly lit room.


WHAT ARE THINGS THAT
EMIT LIGHT?
How Light Travels

Light travels in straight lines


- We can see this using shadows or narrow
beams of light
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How Light Travels

• Light travels in straight lines


Light
- We can see this using shadows or narrow
travelling
beams of light
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Light can _______________________ by objects it hits, or reflected or it
can be ______________________________. Light that is absorbed Light
neither transmitted nor reflected. It stays inside the object. Energy cannot travelling
be disappear, so the energy of light is transferred into ________________. from a
source to
detector
Reflection of Light

Light reflects off shiny Law of Reflection: Angle Reflection helps us


surfaces like mirrors. of incidence = Angle of see non-luminous
reflection
objects.
Interactions Transparent: Light passes through
with Objects (e.g., glass)

Translucent: Some light


passes (e.g., frosted glass)

Opaque: No light passes (e.g.,


wood)
RECAP
• Light travels in straight lines
• We see objects because light reflects
into our eyes
• Materials can interact with light in
different ways
• We see thing when light emitted by a
luminous source or reflected by a non
luminous source enters our eyes.
• Light is emitted by sources and can be
transmitted, reflected or absorbed by
transparent, translucent and opaque
materials.
Suppose you are in a dark room.
Can you see objects in the
room? Can you see objects
outside the room? Explain.

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