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D10 Quick Lab<br />

Some Properties of Light<br />

Purpose<br />

To use the behaviour of light to classify materials<br />

Materials & Equipment<br />

• ray box<br />

• wax paper<br />

• block of wax<br />

• block of wood<br />

• clear triangular glass<br />

prism<br />

CAUTION: Do not shine bright light into anyone’s eyes.<br />

Incandescent light sources can become very hot. Do not<br />

touch the bulbs or block air flow around the light bulb.<br />

Procedure<br />

1. Make a table of observations using the headings<br />

below. Give your table a title.<br />

Material Reflection<br />

(regular, diffuse<br />

or none)<br />

• plane mirror<br />

• frosted glass<br />

• bubbles from bubbleblowing<br />

liquid<br />

•DVD<br />

• paper<br />

Other Properties<br />

(transparent,<br />

translucent,<br />

opaque, etc.)<br />

2. Hold the wax paper upright on your desk while<br />

your partner next to you shines a light on it.<br />

Observe whether it reflects the light and, if so,<br />

whether the reflection is regular or diffuse. Record<br />

your observations in the second column of the<br />

table.<br />

3. While the light is still shining on the wax paper,<br />

look at the other side of it to determine if it is<br />

translucent, transparent, or opaque. Record your<br />

observations in the third column of the table.<br />

4. If the wax paper exhibits any unexpected<br />

properties, indicate “other” in the third column<br />

and briefly describe the properties.<br />

5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for all the other<br />

materials in the table.<br />

Questions<br />

6. Which materials exhibited the following<br />

properties?<br />

(a) opaque<br />

(b) transparent<br />

(c) translucent<br />

(d) reflective<br />

(e) regular reflection<br />

(f) diffuse reflection<br />

7. (a) Which materials exhibited other properties?<br />

(b) Describe each property.<br />

8. Compare how the prism interacted with light to<br />

how the DVD interacted with light.<br />

(a) How were they similar?<br />

(b) How were they different?<br />

9. How can you use the behaviour of light to classify<br />

materials?<br />

10. Figure 10.45 is a micrograph showing a paper<br />

towel at a magnification of 150 at 10 cm. What<br />

does the micrograph show about the way that a<br />

paper towel reflects light?<br />

Figure 10.49 Photomicrograph of the surface of a<br />

paper towel (magnification 150X)<br />

Light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum and travels in waves.<br />

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