What makes Things Visible

What makes Things Visible

Light is a form of energy, which includes the sensation of vision in our eyes and make us able to see various things present in our surrounding.

Light – Light is a form of energy that enables us to see objects.

Light travels along a straight path

• The natural agent stimulates sight and makes things visible.
• Light is reflected from all surfaces.
• It is a form of energy.
  Objects that give out light on their own are called luminous objects.
• Objects that do not give out light on their own are called non-luminous objects. They just reflect light that falls on them.
• When light reflected from an object enters into our eyes, the object becomes visible to us.

Properties of Light

• It is a form of energy.
• It travels in a straight line.
• Light can form shadows.

What makes Things visible?

We can see the world through our eyes or our sense of sight. However, we cannot see anything without the light, that is, in darkness. When light falls upon or is emitted by an object our eyes detect that light and hence the object becomes visible to us.