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===About Reflection===
: To see an object light must come from the object and go into our eyes. Most objects do not make their own light, so instead they '''reflect''' the [[light]] that is made by something else, like the sun [[The Sun]] or a light bulb.
: In a dark room you cannot see any objects because there is no light to '''reflect''' off the objects.
: When you turn on a light bulb in a dark room the light travels from the light bulb to the objects in the room. The light then '''reflects''' off the objects and goes into your eyes. That is how we can see the objects.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Diffuse Reflection]] happens from a rough surface. Parallel incoming rays are [[reflection|reflected]] in different directions. This known as scattering.
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==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
[[Diffuse Reflection]] is when an [[Electromagnetic Wave]] bounces off the [[interface]] between a [[transparent]] [[medium]] and an [[opaque]] dull [[medium]] in different directions.
===About Diffuse Reflection===
: [[Diffuse Reflection]] happens from a rough surface that has many tiny bumps and dips.
: [[Diffuse Reflection]] is how we see all [[object]]s.
: [[Diffuse Reflection]] does not produce an [[image]].
: [[Diffuse Reflection]] still follows the [[Law of Reflection]] even though it appears not to because the surface is not perfectly flat. This means parallel [[Incident Ray|incident rays]] reach the surface at different [[angle]]s due to all the bumps and dips. Each individual [[ray]] follows the [[Law of Reflection]] but [[parallel]] [[Incident Ray|incident rays]] do not leave in the same direction as each other.
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Diffuse Reflection]] happens from a rough surface. Parallel incoming rays are [[reflection|reflected]] in different directions. This known as scattering.
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===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Diffuse reflection, page 203, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851370/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851370&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=01c69b0ae058f809cf636033e6ba793e ''Diffuse reflection, page 208, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945970&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a120d24dcc7cc7a58192069a3aafc1d2 ''Diffuse reflection, page 236, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294558X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294558X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f0dfb66dafcb0c6e9449e7b1a4ae1ac90 ''Diffuse reflection, pages 75, 77, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Diffuse reflection, page 116, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945733/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945733&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=2a2dbec9db6bf5766c0458d908fa0a52 ''Diffuse reflection, page 38, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120223/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120223&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=068ecf40278c32406a7f1c6e66751417 ''Diffuse reflection, page 68, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel '']