https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z en-us 2021-12-12 04:18:50 UTC 2025-11-28 16:20:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a1.png gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1942297507 2021-12-12 04:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1942297507 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1942384693 Light is a wave.
However, it is an electromagnetic wave that can travel through a vacuum and air; unlike it's mechanical counterpart. 

]]> 2021-12-12 07:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1942384693 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1942389771 Unlike mechanical waves, light rays always travel in straight lines.]]> 2021-12-12 07:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1942389771 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943644512 Light rays reflect off of a surface when the new medium isn't able to absorb the ray or permit passage through it.]]> 2021-12-13 03:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943644512 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943657047 More often than not, when a source emits a light ray, it emits multiple light rays. 
These light rays create multiple dots of light and can combine to create a bigger dot or multiple dots.]]> 2021-12-13 04:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943657047 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943699827 A shadow is formed when an object blocks the path of light.
The closer the blocker is the greater of a shadow it casts since the angle of the light ray is increased.]]> 2021-12-13 04:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943699827 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943763374  Reflection off of a shiny surface behaves differently than light reflected off a more matte surface like a white card.]]> 2021-12-13 05:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943763374 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943787086  The angle between the incoming ray of light and "normal" angle]]> 2021-12-13 06:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943787086 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943789419 The angle between the normal line and the reflected light ray]]> 2021-12-13 06:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943789419 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943790890 Light reflects from a shiny surface in one direction so the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence]]> 2021-12-13 06:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943790890 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943815200 Waves bend when crossing into a new medium since the speed it is travelling changes.
When waves refract, the angle of refraction is ALWAYS greater than the angle of incidence.]]> 2021-12-13 06:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943815200 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943822345 The color spectrum is based on the fact that humans only have three rods/ cones that recognize red, blue, and green.
Thus, this spectrum of color is broken down into these three bands.]]> 2021-12-13 06:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943822345 gquerubin2 https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943823195 2021-12-13 06:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gquerubin2/iic5186bt7wnra6z/wish/1943823195