How Does Light Travel? | Light is Absorbed, Reflected or Refracted?

Light is like a toy car that can do different things when it hits something, it can stop, bounce back, or change direction.

Imagine you're playing with a toy car on a smooth floor. When the car runs into a wall, it bounces back, that's like how light gets reflected. You see this every day when you look in the mirror; your face bounces the light back to your eyes!

Now imagine the toy car is going from a smooth floor to a rough carpet. It slows down and changes direction, that’s like how light gets refracted, or bent, when it moves from one material to another, like when you put a straw in water and it looks crooked.

Sometimes, the toy car just stops because it ran into something soft, like a pile of pillows, that's like how light gets absorbed. When light is absorbed, it doesn’t bounce back or change direction; it just disappears, like when you cover your face with a blanket and everything goes dark.

So, depending on what the light meets, a wall, water, or something soft, it can do different things: stop, bounce back, or bend! Light is like a toy car that can do different things when it hits something, it can stop, bounce back, or change direction.

Imagine you're playing with a toy car on a smooth floor. When the car runs into a wall, it bounces back, that's like how light gets reflected. You see this every day when you look in the mirror; your face bounces the light back to your eyes!

Now imagine the toy car is going from a smooth floor to a rough carpet. It slows down and changes direction, that’s like how light gets refracted, or bent, when it moves from one material to another, like when you put a straw in water and it looks crooked.

Sometimes, the toy car just stops because it ran into something soft, like a pile of pillows, that's like how light gets absorbed. When light is absorbed, it doesn’t bounce back or change direction; it just disappears, like when you cover your face with a blanket and everything goes dark.

So, depending on what the light meets, a wall, water, or something soft, it can do different things: stop, bounce back, or bend!