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Q: Why do shadows form when light passes through transparent objects?
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What objects do not create shadows and why?

Transparent objects becasue light passes through them. And it wont make a shadow


Objects through which light passes easily?

transparent ones


Why does light bends when it passes through transparent objects at a slant?

due to refraction


Are shadows are formed when light passes through a transparent object?

No. Well not through like windows, but maybe through an empty water bottle.


What kind of objects light passes though?

Transparent objects are the sorts of objects that light passes through. Translucent objects allow the partial transmission of light. Opaque objects prevent the transmission of light.


Which material will give straight lines when light passes through it?

Transparent objects allow light to pass through them in straight lines


What is the difference between translucent and transparent?

Translucent means light passes through the medium, but the light is diffused so that object beyond cannot be seen clearly. Transparent means that light passes through the medium and is not diffused and objects beyound can be seen clearly.


when light passes stright through an object, that object is called?

When light passes through an object, we say it is transmitted. Transparent objects transmit a lot of light. basically it is called shadow


How does a transparent objects get its color?

when light passes through it you can see the other side. When this happens, we say that the object transmits light


How do transparent translucent and opaque objects affect light?

transparent and translucent objects are the objects that let the light pass through them eg glass, but sometimes translucent objects are colorful so they change the color of the light as it passes through them opaque objects can either absorb the light, like dark material, or reflect, like a mirror.


When you look through the glass window why can you see objects that are outside?

Because the glass itself is transparent. When the light passes through you can see everything that is putside.


What is traslucent opaque and transparent?

Opaque - light does not pass through. Transparent - all light passes through. Translucent - some light passes through.