Opaque,

transparent and
translucent objects
By: Laura Britton, Maria Camila Pedraza and
Gabriela Santos
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Transparent Translucent Opaque
 TRANSPARENT OBJECTS

Transparent objects are Almost all the light will

the one which allow light pass directly through the
to pass through them. object

Objects such as water, You can see completely

clear glass, air and some through the object and no
clear plastics are shadow is formed, since
transparent light is not blocked
Translucent objects allow some light to travel through them. Materials like
frosted glass and some plastics are called translucent. When light strikes
translucent materials, only some of the light passes through them. The light
does not pass directly through the materials.

Translucent - light can pass through the mineral but is diffused so that images
cannot be seen clearly.

Materials that are translucent:

• frosted glass shower door.

• tinted car window.
• sunglasses.
• wax paper.
• single piece of tissue paper
Opaque objects are objects that block the light from traveling through them.
The light that goes into these objects is either reflected or absorbed, when
the light is absorbed by the object it is converted into thermal energy.

Some examples of opaque objects are:

• Wood
• Stone
• Metal
 SHADOWS
Shadows are silhouettes
formed when an object is
blocking the light, the shadow
that is created has the shape
of the object that is blocking
the light, the shadow that is
formed is always at the
opposite side of where the
source of light is placed.
 SUNDIAL

Shadows are used to tell time, for example in a

sundial, it is a device that tells the time of day when
there is sunlight by the position of the Sun in the
sky, a sundial is a gnomon placed in the middle of a
dial, this dial has different lines that represent the
hour (12am - 11pm). The sun is the source of light
that is used in the sundial, as we know the earth
revolves around the sun, so as the earth is moving
we see the sun at different places at the different
times of the day, so the light of the sun pints to the
stick of the sundial, and as this stick is an opaque
object it creates a shadow. So if the sun is at a low
point (sunrise/sunset) the shadow is going to be
large, and if the sun is at the top (mid-day) it is not
going to create a shadow, and this happens with
the different hours of the day, that’s how we know
the time with a sundial.
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