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07 Science Key Notes ch15 Light PDF

This document summarizes key concepts about light from the Class 7 Science textbook chapter on light. It explains that light travels in a straight line and can be reflected by polished surfaces like mirrors. Mirrors can form either real or virtual images, and the type of image depends on whether the light rays actually pass through the screen. A plane mirror forms an erect, virtual image of the same size as the object. Concave and convex mirrors and lenses can also form real or virtual, erect or inverted images, depending on the position of the object. A convex lens is used as a magnifying glass. White light is composed of the colors of the visible spectrum. The properties of light discussed are its rectilinear propagation, reflection, and dispersion

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07 Science Key Notes ch15 Light PDF

This document summarizes key concepts about light from the Class 7 Science textbook chapter on light. It explains that light travels in a straight line and can be reflected by polished surfaces like mirrors. Mirrors can form either real or virtual images, and the type of image depends on whether the light rays actually pass through the screen. A plane mirror forms an erect, virtual image of the same size as the object. Concave and convex mirrors and lenses can also form real or virtual, erect or inverted images, depending on the position of the object. A convex lens is used as a magnifying glass. White light is composed of the colors of the visible spectrum. The properties of light discussed are its rectilinear propagation, reflection, and dispersion

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CBSE

Class 7 Science
Revision Notes
Chapter – 15
Light

Light: It is the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
Light travels along straight line.
Any polished or a shining surface acts as a mirror.
An image which can be obtained on a screen is called a real image. It is formed by
light rays that actually pass through the screen.
An image which cannot be obtained on a screen is called a virtual image. It is formed
by light rays that seem to pass through the screen.
The image formed by a plane mirror is erect. It is virtual and is of the same size as the
object.
The image is at the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
In an image formed by a mirror, the left side of the object is seen on the right side in
the image, and right side of the object appears to be on the left side in the image.
A concave mirror can form a real and inverted image. When the object is placed very
close to the mirror, the image formed is virtual, erect and magnified.
A Convex mirror is the mirror that curves out; the reflecting surface is convex. Image
formed is virtual, upright and diminished. Image formed by a convex mirror is erect,
virtual and smaller in size than the object.
A Concave lens is the lens that is thinner at the center than at the edges. It is a
diverging lens. Image formed is virtual, erect and diminished.
A convex lens can form real and inverted image. When the object is placed very close
to the lens, the image formed is virtual, erect and magnified. When used to see
objects magnified, the convex lens is called a magnifying glass.
White light is composed of seven colors.

Properties of Light:

1. Rectilinear Propagation of Light: It is the property of light by which it travels in a


straight line in any direction. The direction of path in which light make a ray.

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2. Reflection of Light: It is the bouncing back of light after striking the surface of an object.
Shiny smooth surfaces reflect almost all the light.

3. Dispersion: It is the phenomenon of splitting of white light into its seven colors. White
light is mixture of: Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red (VIBGYOR) colors.

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