Properties of light

refraction
1. Refraction occurs because light bends through a lens. A lens is a piece of transparent material. It is usually made of glass and has at least one curved surface.The curved surface of a lens bends the light.This might cause white light into colours (rainbow).
  1. Examples
    1. The prism
    2. The magniyfing glass
opaque
1. impenetrable to light, by not allowing light to pass through.
  1. Examples
    1. An apple
    2. A cardboard
transparent
1. Transparent is when light passes though an object/substance
  1. Examples
    1. Glass
    2. Transparent Plastic
translucent
1. Translucent is when an object lets some light pass through it and absobes some so it is not really clear what you see through it
  1. Examples
    1. Translucent plastic
    2. Translucent glass
diffraction
1. Diffraction occurs when light bends around an obstacle or spreads through an opening
  1. Examples
    1. Spaced tracks on a CD
    2. An object partially submerge in water
reflection
1. Reflection is something that can be seen in another surface
  1. Examples
    1. The reflection on a mirror
    2. The reflection on a lake/ocean

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