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LIGHT ENERGY

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Junior Secondary School 3

LIGHT ENERGY

TERM: FIRST TERM

SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE

CLASS: JSS 3

REFRENCES

BasicScience Made Easy for JSS Three by F.I Kehinde et al

BasicScience Made Easy for JSS Two by F.I Kehinde et al

STAN Integrated Science for JSS Three

Precious Seeds Basic Science for JSS three by J.O Otugboyegaet al.

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WEEK EIGHT

TOPIC: LIGHT ENERGY

CONTENT

Introduction.

Properties of light.

Reflection.

Refraction.

Lenses and glasses.

Vision.

Dispersion.

Light can be defined as a form of energy which produces electromagnetic radiation capable of causing
visual sensation. Light is a kind of electromagnetic wave (waves that can travel in vacuum). Light is the
fastest substance known to man. Light travels at a speed of 3�108 m/s (300,000,000 metres per second
or 299,792.5 km/s). Light travels in a straight line in what is called Rectilinear propagation of light until it
encounters an obstacle. When light cannot pass through an object, shadow is formed. An object that
does not allow light to pass through it is an opaque object while those objects that allow light to pass
through them are called transparent object.

An object that can produce light on it's own is called luminous e.g. sun, light bulb, fire. While an object
that does not produce light but may reflect it is called non luminous e.g. the moon, mirror, stone, chair
etc.
Light waves are also called light rays. A line with an arrowhead is used to represent a ray of light. A
collection of light rays is called light beam.

There are there type of beam. They are:

Parallel beam: This is the type of beam in which the light rays are parallel to one another.

Divergent beam: This is the type of beam in which the ray scatters from a point which is usually the
source, a convex mirror or a concave lens.

Convergent beam: This is the type of beam in which the rays converge or meet at a point called focus.

PROPERTIES OF LIGHT

Light has the following properties:

Reflection.

Refraction.

Diffraction.

Dispersion.

Interference.

Polarization.
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EVALUATION

What is light?

What are the types of light beams there is?

List the properties of light.

REFLECTION OF LIGHT

Reflectionoflightis the change in the direction of light after dashing against a surfray. Reflection involves
two rays of light: an incoming incident ray and an outgoing reflected ray.�

LAW OF REFLECTION

The angle of incident ray, the normal and reflected ray at the point of incidence all lie on the same
plane.

The angle of incidence (i) and the angle of reflection (r) are equal but on opposite sides of the normal. i =
r

N.B: The normal is an imaginary line at right angle to the mirror at the point of incidence.

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TYPES OF REFLECTION

Regular or specular reflection: This is when parallel beam of light is reflected in one direction. Such
reflection takes place on smooth, polished surface such as a plane mirror.

Diffuse reflection: This is when a parallel beam of light is reflected in different directions. Such reflection
takes place from a rough surface, such as water surface or paper surface.

EVALUATION

What is reflection?

State the laws of reflection

What the types of reflection?

REFRACTION

Refraction is the bending or change in the direction of wave when it moves from one medium to
another where its speed is different. A medium is a material or space that allows wave pass through it.
Refraction is responsible for image formation by lens and the eye.

When you dip your legs into a pool, it disappears bent in the pool. A fish in an aquarium seem to
radically change position as it is being viewed from different view points. These are as a result of
refraction.

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LAWS OF REFRACTION

The first law of refraction states that the incident ray, the refracted ray and the normal at the point of
incidence all lie on the same plane.

The second law states that the sine of the angle of incidence (i) to the sine of the angle of refraction (r) is
a constant for a given pair of media.

This is also known as Snell's law and the ratio of "I" to "r" is called the refractive index.

EVALUATION

What is refraction?

State the laws of refraction.

LENSES AND GLASS PRISMS

Lenses are curved glasses that disperse or coverge light to a focus.

There are two main types of lenses:

Concave lens (diverging lens): This is a lens that bulges outward. A concave lens diverges or scatters
light. It is used to correct shortsightedness (myopia)
Convex lens (converging lens): This lens bends inward. It converges light to a real focus. It is used to
correct longsightedness (hypermetropia).

There are also two types of glass prisms:

(i)� Rectangular glass prisms � (ii)� Triangular glass prisms

EVALUATION

What is a lens?

Mention the types of lenses.

VISION

Vision is the ability to create an image. The organ of the body that is concerned with vision is the eye.
Light enters through a clear covering of the eye called the cornea. It then passes through the adjustable
opening in the iris called the pupil. Beyond the pupil is the lens which is a bit soft and flexible. The lens
focus image on the retina while like a film or screen at the back of the eye.

The eye and camera are alike in function and arrangement of part. Both are compared for a lot of
reasons.

Part of the eye

Similar part in camera

Function

Cornea
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A clear covering of the eyes

Iris�

Diaphragm

This is coloured part of the eye. It control the amount of light entering into the eyes

Lens

Lens�

The lens converges light at the retina for images to be formed

Retina

Film or Screen

The retina is the part of the eyes where images are formed.

Pupil

Aperture
This is a small opening in iris that controls the amount of light that enters into the eyes.

DISPERSION OF LIGHT

This is the splitting or separation of light into different colours. Each colour bends by different degrees
when refracted. The colours of light that are gotten after separation are called spectrum. Dispersion of
light can be done by passing light through a triangular prism.

RAINBOW

A natural phenomenon that demonstrates the dispersion of light is the the formation of rainbow. The
rainbow is an arc of light with an angular radius of 42� centred on a direction which is opposite to that
of the sun in sky (I.e it is centered on the direction of propagation of the sun rays). Thus, if the sun low in
the sky (I.e close to the horizon) we see almost a full circle. If the sun is higher up in the sky we see a
smaller arc. If the sun is more than the angular radius 42� above the horizon, then there will be no
rainbow (for viewers on ear surface).

Observers on a hill may see part of the rainbow below the horizontal i.e an arc greater than a semicircle.
Passengers on airplane can sometimes see a full circle. The colours of the rainbow vary smoothly from
red on the outside and violet on the inside. There are seven colours of the rainbow; red, orange, yellow,
green, blue, indigo and violet.

In the dispersion of light, a ray of enters into a triangular glass prism and it is dispersed into colours
seven colours written as ROYGBIV.

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EVALUATION

What is vision?

What is dispersion of light?

Mention five parts of the eye and the function they perform

GENERAL EVALUATION

What is dispersion of light?

List five part of the eye.�

What is genetic counseling?

State three factors that affect sense of individual worth.

State four communication technique.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Precious Seeds Basic Science for JSS Three by J.O Otugboyega et al. chapter 19 Pages 111-113

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

Which of the following is not a colour of the rainbow� A. Red B. Blue� C. Brown � D. Indigo

The property of light in straight line is� A. Rectitude propagation� B. Rectilinear propagation � C.
Resisted promulgation� D. Responsible promulgation
The part of the camera that performs the function of the pupil is � A. Aperture � B. Lens � C.
Cornea� D. Diaphragm

The initial ray of light from the source is called� A. Incident ray� B. Reflected ray � C. Refracted ray �
D. Emergent ray.

An object that absorbs all blue light will appear� A. Black� B. Blue� C. Yellow� D. White

THEORY

What is light?

Explain the formation of rainbow

Mention the types of lenses

What is reflection? Mention the types of reflection

Draw a well labelled eye

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