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Light Presentation
Light Presentation
In this unit:
1) Properties of light
2) Reflection
3) Colours
4) Refraction
5) Properties of sound
6) Hearing
Part 1 – Properties of Light
Laser
Light travels VERY FAST – around
300,000 kilometres per second.
Homework
Luminous and non-luminous objects
Rays of light
Properties of Light summary
Normal
Angle of Angle of
incidence reflection
Mirror
The Law of Reflection
The
same !!!
Clear vs. Diffuse Reflection
2) A car headlight
1) A periscope
Colour
White light is not a single colour; it is made
up of a mixture of the seven colours of the
rainbow.
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Adding colours
White light can be split up to make separate colours.
These colours can be added together again.
Purple light
White
light
Using coloured light
If we look at a coloured object in coloured
light we see something different. For
example, consider a football kit:
White
light
Red
Shirt looks red
light
Colour object
Object Colour of light
seems to be
Red Red
Red socks Blue Black
Green Black
Red Black
Blue teddy Blue
Green
Red
Green camel Blue
Green
Red
Magenta book Blue
Green
Using filters
Filters can be used to “block” out different colours of light:
Red
Filter
Magenta
Filter
Investigating filters
Colour of filter Colours that could be “seen”
Red
Green
Blue
Cyan
Magenta
Yellow
Red Blue Green White
In this case the light rays are slowed down by the water
and are _____, causing the pen to look odd. The two
mediums in this example are ______ and _______.