20. Luminous and Non-Luminous Objects
Luminous objects
• Objects that can emit light
energy by themselves are
known as luminous
objects.
• The luminous objects are
visible as they emit light
on their own.
• E.g. Sun, Burning Candle
Non-luminous objects
• Objects that cannot emit
light energy by themselves
are known as non-luminous
objects.
• The non-luminous objects
are visible because of
luminous objects.
• E.g. Earth, Moon
21. Quick Revision
• What is light?
• What is energy?
• Sources of light- Natural and Artificial
• Luminous and non luminous objects
Editor's Notes
Hello Students, in this chapter we study about Light Shadow And Reflection
Imagine you are in dark room where you are not able to see anything.
Your eyes need light to see the things around you
So what is light?
Light is form of energy
So, first understand what is energy?
in physics, energy is the capacity for doing work
Because of energy, an object can perform work or can heat the other object or things.
There are many form of energy, for example wind energy, solar energy, nuclear energy etc.
Similarly, light is one of the form of energy.
As I said, We cannot see an object in the darkness.
It means
We need a source of light to make the object visible.
There are countless sources of light but they can all be categorized as
Natural sources
Artificial sources
Some of the natural sources of light as follow
The Sun is the major natural source of light for the earth.
Energy comes out as heat and light.
Do you know? the light from the sun is one of the major factors behind the sustainability of life on earth
Star produces light too, but only a small or no amount of it reaches the earth because of the huge distance.
Fireflies
Glowworms generally found in New Zealand caves
Jellyfish
Anglerfish
Bush fires and lightning are the natural source of light
Now examples of Artificial Sources of light are
Light bulb
torches
Lamp
Lighter
Flame by matches
Candle light
Etc are artificial source of light
There are countless sources of light but they can all be categorized as
Natural sources
Artificial sources
Luminous Objects-Objects that can emit light energy by themselves are known as luminous objects.
Forexample
Sun
Bulb
Candle
Stars etc
And Non luminous objects-Objects that cannot emit light energy by themselves are known as non-luminous objects.
For example
Earth painting
Moon
Chair
etc
So what is the difference between luminous and non luminous objects
Luminous Objects that can emit light energy by themselves
Where as non luminous Objects that cannot emit light energy by themselves
The luminous objects are visible as they emit light on their own.
And The non-luminous objects are visible because of luminous objects.
Sun, Burning Candle are example of luminous objects
Where as earth and moon are example of non luminous objects
So till now we have understood about
What is light?
What is energy?
Sources of light- Natural and Artificial source of light
And the last one was difference between
Luminous and non luminous objects