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Light rays bounce in many different directions from a dull or rough?
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Scattering. Yes.
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What is it called when light rays hit a rough surface and bounce back at different angles?
Scattering of light.
When light rays hit a rough surface and bounce back at different angles?
Light will be both absorbed and will be reflected unevenly (scattered) when impinging on a surface that is irregular. It depends on the light and the surface, but some light will be absorbed, and the rest (a little or a lot) will be scattered when it is reflected in different directions.
Do the light rays reflect in many directions on a rough surface?
No this is not true.
What occurs when light is relected from a rough or unpolished surface?
As with any surface, some of the light will be absorbed by the surface and some will be reflected. If the surface is rough, then the reflected light leaves the surface in a huge number of different directions and so the original beam is not reflected coherently, but is instead scattered in myriad directions.
Do the light rays reflect in many directions or few on a rough surface?
They are reflected in many directions.
Why does a rough surface reflect light in many directions?
It reflects in different directions because its rough, there is many sides so the light reflects of the sides causing it to reflect in different directions.
What is it called when light rays hit a rough surface and bounce back at different angles?
Scattering of light.
When light rays hit a rough surface and bounce back at different angles?
Light will be both absorbed and will be reflected unevenly (scattered) when impinging on a surface that is irregular. It depends on the light and the surface, but some light will be absorbed, and the rest (a little or a lot) will be scattered when it is reflected in different directions.
When parallel light rays bounce off rough surfaces?
That will scatter.
What happens when parallel light wave strike a rough uneven surface?
They reflect in many different directions
Do the light rays reflect in many directions on a rough surface?
No this is not true.
What occurs when light is relected from a rough or unpolished surface?
As with any surface, some of the light will be absorbed by the surface and some will be reflected. If the surface is rough, then the reflected light leaves the surface in a huge number of different directions and so the original beam is not reflected coherently, but is instead scattered in myriad directions.
Do the light rays reflect in many directions or few on a rough surface?
They are reflected in many directions.
Why can you see a clear image of a tree in a lake on a calm day but not on a windy day?
The reason you can see a clear image of a tree in a lake on a calm day but not on a windy day is that regular reflection requires a smooth surface so that when the light waves bounce off the surface and most of them reflect into your eye which will then be interpeted as sight by the mind but on a windy day the water is not calm and the surface is rough causing light waves to bounce off in many different directions and most of these light waves don't bounce back to human eye so they can be interpted.
Occurs when light is reflected in many directions from a rough surface?
Diffuse reflection
What does light do when it strikes a surface that is not smooth?
When light strikes a rough surface it reflects in essentially random directions.
When light strikes a rough surface it is reflected in many directions This is known as?
Diffuse reflection
