Light Behaviors

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What is a transparent material?

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A transparent material is one that allows all light to pass through it.

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What is reflection in terms of light behavior?

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Reflection is the bouncing back of light when it hits a surface.

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What is refraction?

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Refraction is the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another.

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What is diffraction?

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Diffraction is the spreading out of light waves when they pass through a narrow opening or around obstacles.

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What does it mean when we say a color is reflected?

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It means that the color you see is the color that is bounced back from the surface of an object.

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What happens to light when it is absorbed?

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When light is absorbed, it is taken in by the material and does not pass through or reflect.

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What is the difference between transparent, translucent, and opaque materials?

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Transparent materials allow all light to pass through, translucent materials allow some light to pass through, and opaque materials do not allow any light to pass through.

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What is the law of reflection?

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The law of reflection states that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.

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What is the angle of incidence?

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The angle of incidence is the angle between the incoming light ray and the normal (a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence).

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What is the angle of reflection?

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The angle of reflection is the angle between the reflected light ray and the normal.