A full moon gives enough light for a game of hide-and-seek or for an evening walk. Where does the bright, silvery light of the moon come from? You might be surprised to learn that it comes from the sun! The moon shines only because the sun shines on it. Some of the sun’s light is reflected, or bounced off, the moon and hits the earth. So what we call “moonlight” is actually reflected light from the sun.
Some of the things we see—light bulbs, neon signs, traffic lights, and even television tubes—are like the sun. They give off light. But most of the things we see are like the moon. They have no light of their own. Light from the sun, or a lamp, or something else shines on them. They reflect that light into our eyes, and the reflected light tells us the shapes, sizes, and colours of these things.
Turn off the light in your room one night. If there is no light from a lamp or a window to bounce off things, you cannot see them. Everything is dark. When the lights are turned on, reflected light shows us what is there.
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