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What are examples of luminous objects?

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Flames, stars, the sun, lights.

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What are luminous objects?

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Objects that produce their own light

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What are non luminous objects?

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Objects that do not give off their own light

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What are 3 examples of non luminous objects?

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The moon, metals, and stones

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What is opaque?

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An object that does not allow light to pass through it

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What are 3 examples of an opaque object?

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Plastic, wood and stone

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What does transparent mean?

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Objects that all light passes through, letting you see through them.

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What 3 examples of transparent objects?

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Water, glass, and air

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What is translucent?

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It allows light to pass through but cannot be seen through clearly.

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What are 3 examples of translucent objects?

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Tinted car window, sunglasses and frosted glass

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How do you draw a ray?

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It is a like with an arrow on it

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How do you draw a parallel beam?

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4 lines with arrows on them

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How do you draw diverging beams?

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3 lines spreading out forwards with arrows on them

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How do you draw converging beams?

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Four lines spreading out fowards with arrows going backwards on them

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What is a shadow and two types of shadows?

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Shadows are formed when an opaque object blocks a light source. Two types are point source and extended source

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What is an umbra?

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An umbra shadow is a region of total darkness

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What is a penumbra?

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A penumbra shadow is a region of partial darkness.

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What is a solar eclipse?

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When the moon is between the earth and sun

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What is an image?

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When an object is placed in front of a mirror

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What is a plane mirror?

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A flat smooth reflecting surface used by regular reflection to form images

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What are the two laws of reflection?

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The normal, incident ray and reflected ray all lie in the same place and i = r

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