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What are property that affects how much light will be reflected off it?
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The extent of smoothness tells us that how much light will be reflected off any substance.If the surface is frictionless the light reflected will be cent percent.
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Which Moon phase reflects the most light?
As we see it, it is the full Moon. However, at any time, the Sun is shining on a full side of the moon, so the same amount of light is reflected, but less light is reflected towards us. How much daylight and darkness there is, also affects how much light appears to be reflected from the Moon as we see it. So when the Moon is visible before the Sun sets, it doesn't look as bright as it does after the Sun sets.
How much light and warmth a planet receives depends on what?
A planet's proximity to the Sun affects how much light and warmth it will receive. In addition to its distance from the Sun, surface reflectivity as well as the planet's atmosphere or greenhouse effect. Light from the Sun will either be reflected back into space or make it to the ground to heat it up.
How much light is reflected and transmitted when light strikes at a perpendicular to a surface?
Only about 4% is reflected, the rest is transmitted. 3. (29.1) When light strikes perpendicular to the surface of a pane of glass, how much light is reflected and how much is transmitted? Normal to the surface refers to a line that is drawn perpendicular to the surface (90°).
What things is reflected from natural light?
Many things are reflected from natural light, for example: Solar power light, iron, metal, tin foil and planets (all), moon, mirror. But there are much more too.
What light colors penetrate the deepest?
Blue and violet: no these are reflected. Red in much better!
What happens when light hits an object it cannot pass through?
If the light can not pass through a object it is opaque . The light will reflect or be absorbed by the object.
Do comets shine as a result of reflected light?
no Bkuz comets arnt used as mirrors. Ignore that. Yes, comets shine due to reflected light because they do not produce their own light, much as our moon reflects light from the sun causing it to shine in the sky.
What quality of a material affects how much it refracts light?
Its optical density.
What color light penetrates water the deepest?
Blue and violet: no these are reflected. Red in much better!
Why does the Moon's appearance keep changing?
because the light on the moon is reflected by the earth so when the earth is not facing on the moon there is not that much light
What is it about the chemical composition of water that turns certain objects such as hair or sand or clothes a shade darker?
It is nothing to do with the chemical composition of water. It is to do with a property of light. When light arrives at an interface between two transparent substances with different refractive indices, some of the light passes onwards, and some is reflected back. When you look at somebody's hair, light from the sun or the sky or a lamp reflects off the hair, and comes back to your eye. How much of the reflected light comes back to your eye determines lighter or darker -- more reflected light for lighter, less reflected light for darker. If you look at somebody's hair under the water, the light from sun sky or lamp first hits the water surface. The part that goes ahead and reaches the hair then reflects back off it, but some of the light has been lost when the light hit the surface of the water. The light that has reflected off the hair then reaches the surface of the water again. And again part of that light is lost by reflection. The amount of light that comes back to you from the hair is only a fraction of the light that was reflected from the hair, and the light that reached the hair to be reflected was only a fraction of the light originally available from sun sky or lamp. The result? Less light from the hair when other things in the room that are not under the water are still sending back the same light for comparison means that the hair will look darker.
What is the color reflected when you look at grass?
Seeing as grass is green, PETANDPEZ would have to say that the colour reflected is green. However, when you see BROWN grass, green light is still being reflected only at a much lower intensity.
