LIGHT Flashcards
What are solar panels
Light energy turned to heat energy
What is photosynthesis
Light energy to chemical energy
What are luminous objects
Objects that give out light
What are non-luminous objects
Object that don’t give out light but reflect it
How are shadows formed
Light rays are stopped by an object
What is a solar eclipse
The moon passes between the sun and the earth creating a large shadow
What is reflection
When light bounces of a surface
How does light travel
In straight lines
Refraction
The bending of light
When can refraction happen
When light is passed through a solid or liquid
What happens to light passing through a convex lens
It comes together
What happens when you look through a convex lens
It looks bigger
What happens when you look through a concave lens
Things looks smaller
Dispersion
The breaking up of white light into its spectrum of colours
