Friday, January 8, 2010
Chapter 17 - Light

REFLECTION
Light is a form of energy. Light travels in straight lines. Light in a vacuum travels 300,000,000 m/s.
Rays and Beams
Light rays is the path of light from a source. A bundle of light rays is known as a beam of light. Beams of light can be parallel, divergent or convergent.
Regular Reflection
- when light rays hit smooth surface
- clear and undistorted image can be seen
- parallel beam of light remains parallel after regular reflection.
Irregular/Diffuse Reflection
- when light rays hit rough surface
-no reflected image seen
- parallel beam of light hits rough surface, gets scattered or reflected in an irregular manner..JPG)
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Periscopes
- made of two plane mirrors to see over obstacles .JPG)
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