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    Light reflects off surfaces like mirrors and water. When light hits a mirror, the reflected ray bounces off at the same angle as the incident ray. A periscope uses two mirrors oriented at 45 degree angles to allow observation around obstacles. Refraction causes light to change direction when passing through different mediums, with lenses refracting light in useful ways like magnifying distant objects.

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    Light reflects off surfaces like mirrors and water. When light hits a mirror, the reflected ray bounces off at the same angle as the incident ray. A periscope uses two mirrors oriented at 45 degree angles to allow observation around obstacles. Refraction causes light to change direction when passing through different mediums, with lenses refracting light in useful ways like magnifying distant objects.

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    Light reflects off surfaces like mirrors and water. When light hits a mirror, the reflected ray bounces off at the same angle as the incident ray. A periscope uses two mirrors oriented at 45 degree angles to allow observation around obstacles. Refraction causes light to change direction when passing through different mediums, with lenses refracting light in useful ways like magnifying distant objects.

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    Chapter 6

    Light & the solar system


    Reflection
    A ray of light changes direction when it is reflected from a plane mirror.

    Reflected light
    Smooth, polished surfaces like mirrors are very good at reflecting light. Plane
    mirrors are flat mirrors. When you see your face in a plane mirror, you are
    seeing light from your face reflecting off mirror. We call the reflection of your
    face in the mirror your mirror image.
    When light from an object reaches our eyes, we assume it has travelled in a
    straight line from the object. This is what usually happens. Reflected light
    creates a second version –the mirror image-of the original image.
    Clear, still water like lake is also a good at reflecting light.

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    How does light travel when it reflects?
    The way light reflects off mirrors it is very much like the way a ball bounces off
    a hard surface.

    When Marcus throws a ball straight down, it bounces straight back at him. In
    the second picture, Marcus bounces a ball away from him at an angle, which is
    the number of degrees between the arriving arrows (pointing downwards) 7 the
    ground. The ball bounces off the ground at the same angle away from him.
    Light reflects off a mirror in a similar way. In other words, light reflects from a
    mirror at the same angle as it arrives. The diagram shows how light when it
    reflects with lines and arrows.
    The arriving ray of light is called the incident ray. The ray of light that reflects
    off mirror is called the reflected ray. The normal is a line drawn at right angles
    (90̊) to the surface of the mirror. The angles that each ray makes with the
    normal are the same.

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    Periscopes
    A periscope is defined as an instrument used for observing over, around or through an
    obstacle or object which is prevented by direct line of sight. It consists of an outer case
    with mirrors at each end at 45° angle. These mirrors are placed parallel to the surface.

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    Refraction
    A ray of light changes direction when it travels through different mediums
    called refraction.
    Refraction is the bending of light. It occurs because light travels at different
    speeds through different mediums. A medium is a material such as water,
    glass or air.
    An optical illusion is something our eyes see but which is not real.

    Lenses
    A lens is a transparent substance with at least one curved surface. Lenses
    refract light in useful ways. Our eyes have lenses in them! Other lenses that we
    use may be made of glass or transparent plastic. People have used the science
    of refraction to make many useful things.

    A convex lens makes things look bigger. Light rays pass through the lens and
    bend inward & meet or converge at a point just beyond the lens. This point
    where the rays converge is called the focal point.
    Convex lenses are used to make eyeglasses, binoculars and telescopes. The
    lens brings distant light rays to a focus in our eyes. Some telescopes have such
    strong lenses that we can use them to see distant planets & moons in the solar
    system.

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