Class Notes on Human Eye and the Colorful World

Introduction

• Welcome to the class on the human eye and the colorful world.
• Excitement about using a new digital board for the class.
• Importance of student participation through interactions and questions.

Course Promotion

• Encouragement to subscribe to Manoj Academy's YouTube channel.
• Website promotion: manojacademy.com with courses on:
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  • ICSC Class 8, 9, 10
  • International Board (Cambridge IGCSE)
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• Mention of live classes, quizzes, concept videos, and mock tests on the website.

Important Concepts in Light Phenomena

Reflection of Light

• Incident Ray: Light ray striking a surface.
• Reflected Ray: Light ray bouncing off the surface.
• Normal Line: Perpendicular line to the surface at the point of incidence.
• Law of Reflection: Angle of incidence = Angle of reflection (i = r).
• Both the incident ray, normal, and reflected ray lie in the same plane.

Refraction of Light

• Refraction: Bending of light when passing from one medium to another.
• Example: Light traveling from air to glass.
  • Light bends towards the normal when entering a denser medium.
  • Light bends away from the normal when exiting to a rarer medium.

Dispersion of Light

• Dispersion occurs when white light passes through a prism and splits into its component colors (ROYGBIV).
• Monochromatic Light: Light of a single color (e.g., red light does not disperse).
• Spectrum: The band of colors produced during dispersion.

Scattering of Light

• Tyndall Effect: Scattering of light by particles, making the beam visible in dusty conditions.
• Scattering can be:
  • General Scattering: All colors scatter equally (dust particles).
  • Preferential Scattering: Small particles (air molecules) scatter shorter wavelengths (blue) more than longer wavelengths (red).

Applications and Phenomena

Why is the Sky Blue?

• Blue light is scattered more than other colors due to preferential scattering.
• Human eyes are less sensitive to violet light.

Why Do Stars Twinkle?

• Twinkling is due to atmospheric refraction causing apparent positions to shift.
• Stars are point sources, and shifting positions lead to the twinkling effect.

Why is the Sun Red at Sunrise and Sunset?

• The sun appears red because shorter wavelengths (blue) are scattered out, leaving red light to reach the observer.

Advanced Sunrise and Delayed Sunset

• Caused by atmospheric refraction where the apparent position of the sun is above the horizon even when it is actually below.

Dispersion and Recombination Experiment

• Two prisms can disperse white light into colors and then recombine them back to white light.

Conclusion

• Reminder to check the website for more resources and classes.
• Encouragement to subscribe and stay updated with new content.
• Closing remarks and well wishes for exams.