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when light 'bounces off' a surface, the technical term is that light is reflecting. if you're looking for the unscientific, descriptive word, it is scatter
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When light bounces off an uneven surface the results?
Diffuse reflection
What is bouncing of light from a surface?
When light bounces off a surface, that is called reflection.
When a beam of light that bounces of the surface it is called?
Reflection.
When light bounces off of a shiny surface what is it said to be?
When light bounces of a shiny surface, such as a mirror, this is called specular reflection.(Diffuse reflection is when light bounces of a rough surface, such as a wall. You can tell it's a rough surface because you can't see your reflection.)
What describes when light bounces off a surface?
You have not given the alternatives, but this can be called reflection or scattering.
When light bounces off an uneven surface the results?
Diffuse reflection
What is bouncing of light from a surface?
When light bounces off a surface, that is called reflection.
When a beam of light that bounces of the surface it is called?
Reflection.
When light bounces off of a shiny surface what is it said to be?
When light bounces of a shiny surface, such as a mirror, this is called specular reflection.(Diffuse reflection is when light bounces of a rough surface, such as a wall. You can tell it's a rough surface because you can't see your reflection.)
What colors are there when light bounces off a surface?
Any light that bounces off of the surface is the same color as it was when it hit the surface.
Describes when light bounces off a surface?
You have not given the alternatives, but this can be called reflection or scattering.
What describes when light bounces off a surface?
You have not given the alternatives, but this can be called reflection or scattering.
What is a change in direction that occurs when light ray bounces off of a surface?
it's called reflection.
When light bounces of an object what is call?
it is the bouncing back of lights rays from surface. It is called reflection.
When light bounces off a surface the surface is?
Regular reflection.
What type of reflection occurs when light bounces off of a SMOOTH surface such as a mirror?
Specular reflection occurs when light bounces off of a smooth surface such as a mirror!
How does light behave when it reflects off a surface?
The light bounces of a surface and into your eye so you can see the object.
