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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is light? | Light is a form of energy that can be detected by the human eye. |
| Natural light sources come from | nature. |
| Artificial light sources are | man-made light sources. |
| We see luminous objects because they | give off their own light. |
| We see nonluminous objects because their surfaces | reflect light. |
| In total darkness | we see nothing. |
| The amount of light energy a surface receives depends on the | intensity of the light. |
| Light always travels | in a straight line from its source |
| Light travels in a straight line | until it hits something and passes through, is reflected, scattered or absorbed |
| If light passes through a substance or object , it is called | transparent. |
| If only some light passes through and the rest is scattered, it is called | translucent. |
| If light is unable to pass through a substance or object , it is called | opaque. |
| Pinhole camera | camera obscura |
| The angle of incidence always equals the | angle of reflection |
| The reflection of light off an irregular surface is called | diffuse reflection. |
| Diffuse reflection | scatters the reflected light and you can’t see an image. |
| The reflection of light off a smooth, shiny surface is called | regular reflection. |
| Regular reflection allows you to | see an image |
| Convex mirrors | always produce a smaller, up-right image. |
| 1. If a concave mirror is placed far away the image is | upside down and smaller. |
| 2. If a concave mirror is close to you, the image is | up-right and bigger |