When light hits an object - reflect transmit absorb?

When light hits something, it can bounce off, go through, or get eaten up.

Imagine you're playing with a ball in a room. The ball is like light. Now, the floor is like an object.

If the floor is smooth and hard, like a tile floor, the ball might bounce back to you, just like reflect means light bounces off.

If the floor is see-through, like glass, the ball could roll through it, like transmit, where light goes right through the object.

But if the floor is soft and squishy, like a carpet, the ball might get stuck and disappear, that's like absorb, when light gets used up by the object and doesn’t come back.

• If it bounces off, you see it again.
• If it goes through, you might see it on the other side.
• If it disappears, you don’t see it at all, it’s been absorbed!

So next time you're in a room, think about how light plays with everything around you, just like a ball bouncing, rolling, or getting swallowed up! When light hits something, it can bounce off, go through, or get eaten up.

Imagine you're playing with a ball in a room. The ball is like light. Now, the floor is like an object.

If the floor is smooth and hard, like a tile floor, the ball might bounce back to you, just like reflect means light bounces off.

If the floor is see-through, like glass, the ball could roll through it, like transmit, where light goes right through the object.

But if the floor is soft and squishy, like a carpet, the ball might get stuck and disappear, that's like absorb, when light gets used up by the object and doesn’t come back.