Light

Light

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  LIGHT REFLECTION, REFRACTION,AND ABSORPTION
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  The way lightwaves bounce and bend show details of objects around us REFLECTION Bouncing waves Like a ball bounces back REFRACTION bending waves Do NOT bounce back Helps us see Makes the rainbow
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  Not all wavesbend or bounce, some stick ABSORPTION Light waves that get taken up or absorbed Opaque objects you can not see through, like wood or wool, can absorb light waves Absorption helps us see color
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  3 kinds ofMirrors reflect light waves PLANE Flat mirrors in our bathroom Reflection is the same size CONVEX Not the same size View is wider—you can see more The mirrors on our cars CONCAVE Curved like a spoon Can look upside-down, right-side up, smaller or bigger Like a funhouse mirror
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  Telescopes use mirrorsto see far distances Telescopes Reflect or refract light Use plane and concave mirrors The bigger and more mirrors the larger the image the further away to see
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  Why do thingslook different in the water? REFRACTION —bending light Light travels through air very fast—faster than water Light travels through water faster than through glass As light goes through material it slows down and bends
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  In order tosee, our eyes need to use refraction Our eyes focuses light to form and see objects Light enters in a straight line The lens bends the light rays and focuses in the retina to make images
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  Light is madeof many colors— I can only see the visible spectrum. White light is made up of the colors of the rainbow. Red bends the least Violet bends the most In order: red , orange , yellow, green , blue , indigo , violet Other colors we see come from mixing the visible spectrum colors
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  The ABSORPTION of light is very important to how we see things. Objects with colors absorb some light and reflect others The color of light the object reflects is the color we see
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  In summary, Ihave learned Light can be reflected (like in mirrors), Convex—made bigger Concave—changes size , shape or direction refracted (by water) Makes it look like it doesn’t match up absorbed (by objects) Other colors taken in, color I see is reflected I can see only the visible spectrum of colors from the rainbow—ROY G BIV My eyes’ lenses use the refraction of light to see Light travels slower through objects than air Light travels very fast Telescopes use plane and concave mirrors to see things far away Light is like up and down waves
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  Manipulating Light by Darlene Stille Reflection—I see Refraction—it bends Absorption—goes into By Darlene Stille