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Light :flashlight: - Coggle Diagram
Light :flashlight:
Properties
Light travels in straight lines
Light travels in a straight line until it hits an objects
Light can be reflected
Light can bounce off surfaces
Light can be refracted
Light bends when it moves from one transparent material to another
Light interacts with materials
Transparant
All passes through
Translucent
Some passes through
Opaque
It does not pass through
Shadow :silhouettes:
Shadows are formed when light is blocked by an opaque object
Factors that affect the size of the shadow
The distance between the object and the light source
Larger
Shadow size decreases :arrow_down:
Shorter
Shadow size increases :arrow_up:
The distance between the object and the surface the shadow is formed on
Larger
Shadow size increases :arrow_up:
Shorter
Shadow size decreases :arrow_down:
Can have different shapes
Sources of light :bulb:
Natural
Sun
Living things
Bioluminescence
Lightning
ect.
Man-made
Light bulb
Fireworks
Helps us see :eye:
Things that give off light
Enters our eyes directly
Things that do not give off light
Light from a light source is reflected from the item and into our eye
Can be represented with a ray model