Light Energy Properties Quiz

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What term is used to describe materials that allow a large amount of light to pass through?

Transparent materials

What is the term for the property that shows how light travels in a straight line?

Rectilinear Propagation of light

Which type of beam consists of light rays not meeting when travelling?

Parallel beam

What is the term for the energy that makes vision possible?

<p>Light energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are bodies that produce their own light referred to as?

<p>Luminous bodies</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the speed at which light travels in air?

<p>$3 \times 10^8$ m/s</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of an object that consists of a box painted black on the inside with a small hole at the other end?

<p>Pinhole camera</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the area of darkness cast on a screen when an opaque object is placed in front of a light source called?

<p>Shadow</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of eclipse occurs when the earth comes between the moon and the sun in a straight line?

<p>Lunar Eclipse</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of reflection occurs when light rays fall on a smooth or polished surface?

<p>Regular reflection</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the first law of reflection?

<p>The incident ray, the normal, and reflected ray all lie in the same plane.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the change in direction or bending of light ray when it moves from one medium to another called?

<p>Refraction of light</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an image formed by the apparent intersection of two or more rays called?

<p>Virtual image</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name for the partial shadow surrounding an umbra formed by an opaque object between an external source of light and a screen?

<p>Penumbra</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name for an image formed by the actual intersection of two or more rays?

<p>Real image</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the type of eclipse where only part of the earth or moon is covered?

<p>Partial eclipse</p> Signup and view all the answers

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