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    • External old style lamp on stone wall casting a shadow.
    Rights: VIGNERON, CC BY-S.A 3.0 Published 4 July 2019 Size: 3.1 MB Referencing Hub media

    If you look closely at this image, you can see how the intensity of the lantern’s shadow1 varies. Some parts of the shadow are darker and more distinct than others. Opaque2 objects (the metal3 parts of the lantern) form definite shadows4. Translucent5 objects (the glass panes) form fuzzy shadows.

    1. shadow: A dark image produced when an object blocks rays of light from reaching a surface.
    2. opaque: A substance that does not allow light to pass through it.
    3. metal: Any of a category of elements that usually have a shiny surface, are generally good conductors of heat and electricity and can be melted or fused, hammered into thin sheets or drawn into wires (for example, copper).
    4. shadow: A dark image produced when an object blocks rays of light from reaching a surface.
    5. translucent: A substance that light can pass through easily but that will cause the light to scatter. Objects are not clearly visible when viewed through a translucent substance.
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      2. A dark image produced when an object blocks rays of light from reaching a surface.

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      3. A substance that light can pass through easily but that will cause the light to scatter. Objects are not clearly visible when viewed through a translucent substance.

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      4. A substance that does not allow light to pass through it.

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      5. Any of a category of elements that usually have a shiny surface, are generally good conductors of heat and electricity and can be melted or fused, hammered into thin sheets or drawn into wires (for example, copper).

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