Light Travels in Straight Lines
Use shadows, beams and pinhole ideas to explain straight-line travel of light.
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Use shadows, beams and pinhole ideas to explain straight-line travel of light.
Identify incident ray, reflected ray, normal and angle of reflection in simple cases.
Recognize virtual, erect, same-size and laterally inverted images.
Identify mirror type from shape, image behaviour and common uses.
Relate lens shape to converging/diverging light and image examples.
Describe rainbow/dispersion and identify the seven colours of white light.
Match mirrors and lenses with uses in vehicles, spectacles, magnifiers and torches.
Use mirror/lens properties to solve daily-life and diagram-based light questions.
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